[openbeos] Re: patch for vim on haiku

I am just a lurker on this list, having contributed nothing since 1.5 years ago, but... (see below)
kind regards,
Bruno.

P.S. thanks for the effort everyone. i am eagerly awaiting the first release.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Niels Reedijk" <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:04 AM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: patch for vim on haiku


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:26:03 +0100 CET, Axel Dörfler
<axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Philipp Schmid <schmidp-lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i got vim to run on haiku by removing the beos gui parts.

I haven't yet applied it to the repository, as there seems to be a
general problem with our vim - it also doesn't work on BeOS for me. I
think that should be resolved before, and then it should also work on
Haiku, GUI or not.
The vim version that comes with BeOS, as well as a later one with GUI
do work on Haiku.
Anyone care to look into our vim issues?

May I propose to drop vim altogether?
HERETIC
Don't get me wrong, I love vim
YOU SHOULD
as an editor and I use it almost daily,
YOU SHOULD
however, it's a rather bulky
HERESY
application for normal users.
NONSENSE
People that really want to use vim (=
DOESN'T EVERYONE?
powerusers) will know where to find it.
WWW.VIM.ORG 
Furthermore, it creates sort
of a mess in the /etc dir (which, I think, still is a very bad idea in
BeOSland).

There are probably a whole slew of lighter vi-compatible implementations. 
THOU SHALT HAVE BUT ONE EDITOR, AND VIM SHALL BE IT'S NAME

Please be so kind as to supply us with your home address, so that we of the VIM inquisition may erect a pyre in your garden for your purification. (NO one expects the VIM inquisition)
red-hot pokers are optional, unless we catch you using Emacs.


Niels



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