On 09/07/2014 16:45, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 07 Sep 2014, Joshua Kinard wrote: > >> And thus, I was referring only to @system, not a stage3. I think an >> editor should be in @system, but as much as I like nano, I know the >> ncurses dependency won't sit well with everyone. If @system is >> supposed to be a minimal-working system, a minimal vim deserves >> consideration. But if ncurses is already being dragged in by >> something else, then stick with nano. > > There's neither nano nor any other specific editor in the system set, > to start with. There is virtual/editor which I think is the best > choice, unless we would decide that no editor is needed at all. > > Ulrich
The stage2/stage3 catalyst runs I did recently always dragged in nano & ncurses. I did very little customization to the build profiles or the specs, so something was favouring nano over other editors. -- Joshua Kinard Gentoo/MIPS ku...@gentoo.org 4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28 "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic