On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > > PS: If you say that a sysadmin expects "vi" to be there, link vi to ae on a > > rescue disk. He *will* have an editor, this should be sufficient. > > Argh! > > Please don't do this. It used to drive me nuts to type vi and get ae > (whether > in ae or braindamaged-vi mode). If there is some vital reason for removing > vi, it should be replaced with a script that says something along the lines > of:
Sorry, but this feature is still in ae. It gets overridden as soon as a "real" vi gets installed. > > VI is missing from this rescue disk because of space constraints, although > it is of course a standard part of any Debian GNU/Linux system. In the mean > time, you can use the simple editor that is available, which is called > ``ae'' > This was not considered sufficient for those who demand an executable for vi. I tend to agree with you, but I have no problem typing ae or vi given the right context, so I am happy to supply what the user demands, except when two demands are contradictory of course. Here I must make a choice, and I have chosen to leave this "crippled" vi clone in place because it seems to satisfy some of the more vocal advocates. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]