Op 28 apr. 2015 21:04 schreef "Bardur Arantsson" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On 28-04-2015 20:39, Daniel Micay wrote: > >> People forget vi(1) is part of POSIX so required on "systems that both > >> support the User Portability Utilities option and define the > >> POSIX2_CHAR_TERM symbol." [ http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ > >> ] > >>[...] > > It's great to have vim-minimal on the install media (which is now the > > case), but that doesn't mean it needs to be in base. > > > > Indeed, AFAICT the only important thing to consider here is whether the > booted system is "fixable" from within itself if you forgot to install > something during the boot from install media. (E.g. by forgetting to > install *some* editor or other. Everybody likes different editors, but > "nano" will do until you can install something better.) A very nice thing about having vi installed by default, is that you don't have to think about which editors are available. It's a unix(y) system, so vi just works. No need to remember if it's nano/pico/whatever on this specific distro. It's easy enough to add one's favorite editor when installing. On Windows, for example, i assume notepad is available, Word etc are optional (though I usually keep (g)vim on systems I use often). Mvg, Guus
