Re: bi

[Britton <fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu>]

> > I stay versed in vi commands because I have to be, not because I want
> > to be. There may be a better bare-bones editor for debian than ae, but
> > it should not be vi.
> 
> no, it should be vi because that is the standard unix text editor. you
> want something else, then install something else....but every unix
> system should have vi installed. unix without vi is like unix without
> sh.
> 
> IMO, the base system should have vi AND some crappy editor like ae or
> pico, with some note saying "if you can't use vi, then XXX is installed"

I'll second this.  vi, or vi AND something else.  Not just something else.