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Re: [PROPOSAL DRAFT]: editor and sensible-editor



Previously Charles C. Fu wrote:
> If you agree with my traditional usage summary, vim would not be
> suitable because it does not implement open mode and is thus pretty
> unusable on dumb terminals.

Yes it would: if you invoke vim as ex, supply the -e option or hit Q
while in vim it will switch to ex-mode which is perfectly usable on
dumb terminals.

Wichert.

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