The problem is that no editor is popular with everyone, and nobody is learning VI any longer, and Emacs isn't so popular either. The solution is to put up a menu of check-boxes of what editor you want, and install it from packages as soon as possible after the system is installed. Adding editors to the base is a slippery slope. The reason you add one is just as good to add the next...
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