[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. 

/me pets XEmacs' M-x vi-mode
what ? ligther ? hmmm

François.

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