Hi, As far as I can tell from FS#20778, e3 was not evaluated. e3 provides Wordstar, Emacs, Pico, Vi and Nedit-like behavior, by using differently named symbolic links to /usr/bin/e3.
It is unclear why the default editor _has to_ be a vi-replacement, as that excludes editors such as joe, jed or various emacs-clones. If ed really is "the golden UNIX standard", perhaps the default editor doesn't have to be a vi-replacement at all? If only fully fledged editors are good enough, why not include both emacs and gvim. (or the "no X" equivalents, like emacs-nox). Is there not room on the image? Is the bandwith cost too high? Are they not useful? I think they are. I know this isn't my decision, but my suggestion is to either go for the most lightweight editor, e3, or go "all in" with both emacs and vim. -- Sincerely, Alexander Rødseth xyproto / TU
