[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? Don't get me wrong, I love vim
as an editor and I use it almost daily, however, it's a rather bulky
application for normal users. People that really want to use vim (=
powerusers) will know where to find it. 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. 

Niels

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