On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:56:45PM +0100, A Mennucc1 wrote: > hi > > preface: I am a debian developer; I was needing an extra X box > (=small PC running X for connecting to another host), > and I had an old pentium with a 200Mb hard disk spare > ...
> when I chose 'edit the sources list'... > (I wanted to add my personal small debian mirror) > I found myself in 'vi' . THIS IS EVIL. why cant I use 'nano'? > So here is a nice suggestion: first time the user needs to edit something, > the menu configuration should ask > 'what do you want to use as a simple editor for text files? > vi (for long time hackers)? > nano(for normal people)?' > and then remember the answer (maybe setting a dpkg-alternative) Evil, I agree. The priority for nvi is set to 110, while the priority for nano is 40. I wrote a bug on this and the nvi maintainer agreed its priority was too high; he's resetting it to 21 IIRC, which will leave nano as top in a virgin system. -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `- | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
