> > The priorities are skewed towards novice users. I believe the > expectation is that people who use vi can probably manage to change the > default. As a vi user I'm quite happy for them to stay that way - I > think it's a lot worse for a new user not coming from a Unix background > to encounter vi by accident than some more fluffy editor. > > This isn't to say that the priorities might not need tuning a bit. >
And of course you can just --purge all those annoying newbie editors so nothing has a chance to usurp the mighty power of vi.