On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jerry Amundson (jamundso@xxxxxxxxx) said: >> It is possible for several programs fulfilling the same or similar >> functions to be installed on a single system at the same time. For >> example, many systems have several text editors installed at once. >> This gives choice to the users of a system, allowing each to use a dif- >> ferent editor, if desired, but makes it difficult for a program to make >> a good choice of editor to invoke if the user has not specified a par- >> ticular preference. >> >> The alternatives system aims to solve this problem. > > Not for something like $EDITOR, which is a per-user setting anyway. Good point. > I'm not sure why a dependency on vim-minimal is truly that bad. Me neither. I love vi. jerry -- Store in cool, dry place. Rotate stock. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
