Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

[Arafangion <thestar@fussycoder.id.au>]

On Thursday 08 December 2005 11:31, Andrey Andreev wrote:
> Arafangion wrote:
> > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 21:43, Andrey S Andreev wrote:
> >>I think (g)vi(m) should have made the list with 10 votes , as, at least
> >>in Debian vi and vim refer to the same thing, and gvim is still mostly
> >>just vim.
> >
> > Careful when you say this to those who use vi or vim alot. vi and vim are
> > NOT the same thing (Calling vim via the vi symlink turns compatibility
> > mode on, for starters).
>
> Good point, but whether in compatibility mode or not, it is the same
> program, isn't it?
>
> By the way, I do not insist that everyone should see vi and vim as the
> same thing. I was just making a point that vi and vim are popular,
> according to the survey.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andro

Point taken :) Perhaps I was being a bit pedantic.