Re: Adding a simple editor to the base system

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Matthias Scheler wrote:

> On 10 Feb 2009, at 20:42, David Brownlee wrote:
> >         I'd like to propose we add a simple text editor to the base
> >         system.
>
> I think that's a good idea. While I personally know how to use "vi"
> I think it is very difficult to understand for new users because
> it is very different from most other editors.
>
> > The obvious candidate is 'ee' from FreeBSD (who
> > have been including it since 1995).
>
> Does it support emacs key bindings e.g. <CTRL> a to go to the
> beginning of the line?

        It has an optional mode with emacs keybindings (which I think
        should be the default).


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