Zhihao Yuan <lich...@gmail.com> wrote: > ed seems works, but it's not either vi or ex. > I'm not typically like ee... I sill wondering why we kept it in base > system. It does not work when termcap is not correct, so I still need > to use ed in such a case. Same thing happens to ex-vi.
History: ee was added long ago by emacs afficionado jkh@ for the sys installer eg /etc/inetd.conf Small vi clones in source were available then too, on DOS 3.2 & Minix, One was called Stevie, I can't remember the others. Replacing ee with a mini vi clone would be a return to Unix. One would need to co-ordinate on <sysinst...@freebsd.org> Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative context. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
