vi in SXCE is 1/2 the size of joe.  Seems like the decision to replace vi
with vim wasn't trying to save 1MBytes uncompressed.  Also, changing
system admin from a vi-like editor to an emacs-like editor is likely to
cause a storming of the castle by pitchfork wielding masses... :-O
 -- richard


David Orman wrote:
> Maybe joe + something equivalent to vim-minimal on Redhat Enterprise 
> Linux. If people want full functionality, then they can pull in "full" 
> vim. I'm with Andrew on the "no x required" bit. I've met a few people 
> who do set up text-only systems who hate vi/vim, and thus can barely 
> get along in it. It sounds like joe is a good compromise, I read up on 
> 'jmacs' and it sounds like it'll fill the emacs gap, without taking up 
> all the space.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:04 PM, andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     Using "pfexec gedit" is fine if X is working. What if your problem
>     is you can't get X working and you need to create an xorg.conf
>     file and edit it, e.g. by selecting the vesa driver? I think there
>     is still a need to have a easy-to-use text mode editor in
>     OpenSolaris (the distro).
>
>     It sounds like joe is the smallest out of the 3 so perhaps that
>     should be included in 2008.11?
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Andrew.
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