Soren Jacobsen wrote: > On 02/07 17:30, David Brownlee wrote: > > Wonder if we should add this to the wiki list: > > > > NetBSD should provide a simple text editor - its ridiculous > > to expect a new user to start with vi (note: vi is my editor > > of choice, but I defy anyone to argue that it is suitable > > for a new user who just wants to edit rc.conf) > > > > Users can add editors from pkgsrc, but there needs to be > > something *always* available. > > > > FreeBSD picked ee (in pkgsrc as editors/easyedit). Its > > not to big (78K), only links against libc, needs no other > > files (apart from termcap). It includes its own mini curses > > (20K) but doesn't work correctly with NetBSD's curses > > > > What do people think? > > Definitely a good idea. The ncurses dependency is not a problem, as > ncurses is already required for GNOME (enchant -> hunspell -> ncurses). This is no longer true. :-) -- When in doubt, use brute force. Adam Hoka <ahoka%NetBSD.org@localhost> Adam Hoka <ahoka%MirBSD.de@localhost> Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost>
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