Boris Beletsky wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> dwarf>If you only installed the base system then the only editor > dwarf>availabe is AE (Andrews Editor). This was done because AE is > dwarf>small enough to fit on the base disks. > I am sorry, but isn't vi designed for that purpose? Maybe it was, but vi, as all good, small programs, suffers from "creeping featurism", and the result: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23624 Sep 4 18:27 /bin/ae -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 67969 Mar 9 1996 /bin/ed -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179360 Jul 25 12:23 /usr/bin/pico -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 292428 Aug 10 20:18 /usr/bin/nvi -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1906900 Aug 28 17:24 /usr/bin/emacs For comparison, Slackware has: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 97644 May 22 15:45 /usr/bin/elvis -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 200944 Aug 7 1995 /usr/bin/vim Enough said? -- +---------------------------------------------------+ | Technical Support Engineer, Cyclades Corporation | | 800/88-CYCLADES (882-9252) or (510)770-9727, x258 | | Maker of High Performance Multiport Serial Cards | +---------------------------------------------------+
