On Jan 23, 2008 5:35 PM, Danek Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 06:26:03PM -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
> > whoa
> >
> > why was this done ?
> >
> > and is /usr/xpg4/bin/vi still around ?
>
> /usr/xpg[46]/bin/{vi,ex,view} and /usr/ucb/bin/{vi,ex,view} are still all
> what they were before, yes.
>
> This was done in anticipation and a test of doing the same in Solaris. The
> vi we're currently shipping simply isn't worth working on modernizing any
> more, and most vi users would either appreciate something more modern, or
> at worst won't notice or care ....
>
> If it sucks that badly for everyone, we'll find out. But Indiana's a great
> testbed for precisely this kind of change, and we intend to do more. :)
Hey, I resent those comments ;)
I even contributed a patch:
http://cr.opensolaris.org/~swalker/4754400_styled/usr/src/cmd/vi/port/exrecover.c.udiff.html
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor/
*sniffs* poor exrecover, it never had a chance.
--
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben
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