[haiku-development] Re: Vim episodes. IV. It is ready to breathe...
- From: scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 11:15:13 -0700
2009/5/7 Jonas Sundström <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Maxime Simon <simon.maxime@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > And I think I'm not the only who use vim as
> > > editor in Haiku.So including both nano and
> > > vim as editors should be the better.
> >
> > I think one command line editor should really be
> > enough. Whether this is vim or nano I don't really
> > care about, but since we always had vim (even BeOS),
> > I would vote for that one. If you really need another
> > command line editor, just go ahead and install it.
>
> If a choice -has- to be made, I would say that the people
> who prefer vim are more likely to know how to install it.
>
> I´m definitely not opposed to having both vim -and-
> nano, but I am opposed to only having vim, since
> clearly that is an editor that a majority of people
> (out there) don´t know and don´t want to learn.
>
> (The point can be made that the same people don´t want
> to use the CLI shell at all. What a coincidence! ;)
> Could it be because people find it unintuitive and not
> self-explanatory enough?)
>
> Minor issue - which editors to include - I know, but I
> find it interesting to question the CLI as a freehaven
> for (only) developers and experienced users / with a
> high tolerance for a steep learning curve.
>
> /Jonas.
>
>
>
I see a CLI editor as only being a requirement when logging in remotely, for
all other times I just use lpe. I even set my svneditor to use lpe.
-scottmc
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