[openbeos] Re: patch for vim on haiku

>I can only second that. There should be small tools to get the job done 
>and to handle a variatiy of situations. That way, without knowing a 
>system, one can rely on certains things being there. I'd rather say to 
>someone "Sorry I cannot fix it, you have removed XXX." than "What? You 
>haven't installed XXX - sorry cannot help you.". Or just think of 
>scripts that you could read about in some user forum, they should work 
>on all systems (how many install scripts launch SE, even though that is 
>not my default editor).
>Even if a certain user is not going to use something, there is a 
>certain value in being able to rely on the something being there. Here 
>is another idea: Let's first get to the stage of having a downloadable 
>ISO, and if it's too big, start thinking about how to make it smaller.
>
>Best regards,
>-Stephan

Have the collective considered using nano/pico? They're both an order
of magnitude smaller than Vim, easier to pick up, and simple enough to
be easily portable (I think). For something that's probably only going
to be used if things go wrong, you don't need the huge powered text
editors.

-Ian

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