Subject: Re: RFC: Simple screen editor for NetBSD
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 01/07/2000 23:50:33
On Fri Jan 07 2000 at 21:21:43 +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> If the editor is present it should be:
- In /dev/null
> - In /usr/bin
> - Be simple to use, with cursor keys, and emacs like move
> - Not wrap long lines
> - Preserve uid/permissions on files
but if that is not the case, as has been said already:
- not be the default
- display help immediately when invoked (perhaps even not allow to turn
it off..)
- be annoyingly stupid enough to discourage continuous usage
- small
Here's what I propose for the feature-set:
- find
- save
- quit
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