> > I stay versed in vi commands because I have to be, not because I want > > to be. There may be a better bare-bones editor for debian than ae, but > > it should not be vi. > > no, it should be vi because that is the standard unix text editor. you > want something else, then install something else....but every unix > system should have vi installed. unix without vi is like unix without > sh. > > IMO, the base system should have vi AND some crappy editor like ae or > pico, with some note saying "if you can't use vi, then XXX is installed"
I'll second this. vi, or vi AND something else. Not just something else.
