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Re: editors/ex is really vi



On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 4:39 PM, David Holland wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 07:29:27PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
>  >
>  > ex is its real name - vi is just the "visual" command, one of ex's
>  > operating modes.
>  > [...]
>
> Well, I'm not going to argue with that. I do wonder though if users
> who might want to use it would be more likely to find it if it were
> called vi.

Would it work to create editors/vi and have it use the metadata from editors/ex?

Thank you,
pikpik


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