Re: Adding a simple editor to the base system

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden%schemamania.org@localhost>]

Alan Barrett wrote:
> it's hard to predict when an inexperienced user
> will need to edit configuration files in an emergency....
> ... [T]hink of a person unfamiliar with unix acting
> as remote hands to edit config files under telephonic supervision 

Or something simpler: a failed drive.   That's the most likely reason I
can think of for someone to need to boot in single user mode, edit
/etc/fstab, and press ^D to get back to his desktop.  

Don't think it won't happen or that "naïve" users wouldn't take advantage
of it.  Apple walks people through booting up in single user mode for $49
a ticket, and Windows suffers grieviously for its "safe-mode" halfway
house.  

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> I am a bit warry about naming it "ee" 

A good point, really.  What would be so bad about calling it "edit"?  

--jkl