[openbeos] Re: patch for vim on haiku
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:25:07 +0100 CET
"Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> > What speaks for vim is that it is the only terminal-based
> > editor. We need such a thing or otherwise can't edit
> > anything when logged in from a remote machine.
> Even some (all?) of the BSDs include more simple, self-explanatory
> editors, in their base system, offering a less steep learning curve.
> And the BSDs make an effort to keep anything that isn't essential out
> of the base system. So even in a server-oriented platform there is
> need
> for a more self-explanatory editor. And there are plenty of them to
> choose from.
Unlike the BSDs we have a great GUI that comes as part of the system by
default. If someone needs an editor on the command line, we can as well
provide something better than nedit, even if it does have a higher
learning curve :-)
Bye,
Axel.
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