On Wednesday 23 June 2004 16:27, Alexander Nordstr�m wrote: > On Wednesday, 23 Jun 2004 21:14, David Goodenough wrote: > > It seems to be a pre-req for any KDE install, try to remove it (at least > > under Debian) and most of KDE seems to want to go away. > > It is not. > > # apt-get remove kvim > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > kvim > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B of archives. > After unpacking 1892kB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n > Abort. > > > Why was KVim added as the default editor (at least when you > > open files with Konqueror) when we have so many other good > > editors? > > Most likely because vimpart is installed. From "apt-cache show vimpart": > > Description: embedded Vim text editor component for KDE > This package allows the text editor Vim to be embedded into a number of > different KDE applications. It does this by encapsulating Vim within a > KPart (an embedded KDE component). > . > Applications that can make use of the Vim part include KDevelop, > Konqueror and KWrite. > . > Note that this component requires a graphical version of Vim (such as KVim > or GVim) to be installed separately. The Vim component may also need > to be configured before use - this can be done in the KDE Components > section of the KDE Control Centre. > . > This package is part of the KDE add-ons module. > > (end) > > It would seem to be a reasonable assumption that if one has installed > vimpart, one wants to use it rather than the default Embedded Advanced Text > Editor. Naturally, this is still configurable from the Control Centre->KDE > Components->Component Chooser->Embedded text editor. > > > I know I can go through all the associations in Konqueror and > > remove KVim, but I want to do it automatically so that my users > > do not keep on having to replicate this action. > > My guess is that the reason programs would be removed along with kvim is > that those programs have been installed through metapackages such as > kde-extras, kdeaddons, and kdekitchensink. > > If you desperately need the 1.8 MiB, the individual packages of those > metapackages do not require kvim or vimpart and can be installed > individually. Simply choosing another editor component would seem easier, > though. > > -- > Alex Nordstrom
I looked at the Control Centre, and the Embedded text editor was already set to the Embedded Advanced Text editor, rather than KVim. I really do not care whether Vim and its friends are installed, what I mind about is what the user sees and how to make sure that it is not Vim. I do not understand why it was thought that Vim would be a good idea for ordinary end users. David
