On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Zhihao Yuan <lich...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Kurt Lidl <l...@pix.net> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:40:44AM +0100, Johan van Selst wrote: >>> Zhihao Yuan wrote: >>> > > Could you please eleborate on the nvi-devel problems? I'm the current >>> > > maintainer of this port, and as far as I know it's fully functional. >>> > 1. It does not support non-Unicode encodings. Actually, these >>> > encodings are mainstream in multi-byte encodings world. A proper >>> > iconv-awared implementation should be able to handle all of the >>> > encodings in `iconv -l`; >>> > 2. It depends on DB3/4. We won't accept DB3/4 in base system and we >>> > won't accept nvi-devel. >>> > 3. It's not 100% compatible with nvi 1.79. >>> >>> Thank you for explaining. Indeed, all valid points and I fully agree >>> that nvi-devel is not fit for inclusion in base as it is. In fact, the >>> nvi from base is probably a better starting point (than nvi-devel) to >>> create an editor that is fully compatible with nvi 1.79 and supports all >>> multi-byte encodings. And when you, or someone, else creates such an >>> editor, I will be pleased to remove the obsoleted port of nvi-devel. >> >> Has anyone looked at the nvi work that has taken place in NetBSD >> in the last year or so? > > I have checked that. It's just a latest nvi 1.85. > >> >> I think they've put in a bunch of wide character support. I'm not >> sure if their DB code relies on bdb newer than what is in libc or not. >> >> -Kurt >> > > -- > Zhihao Yuan > The best way to predict the future is to invent it. >
Sorry to spam in the group... Since the application time is coming, I do need a possible mentor. I was told that nvi in the base system was not managed by a dedicated people. So I hope I can talk with someone who is free during the summer, and has some interests to help me :) -- Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it. _______________________________________________ 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"
