On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 10:55, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > > I came here with peace. Let's face it. It's always between the two. I > > respect vim and I learned quite some things in vim. But I'm an emacs > > user and I find the original decision between vim and emacs for 'git > > commit' unfair. > > Git doesn't use vim by default, it uses vi, and it's got nothing to do with > fairness. vi is specified by the POSIX standard, emacs is not. Using vi as > the default when EDITOR is not set is consistent with POSIX utilities like > crontab, using emacs is not. > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html > > But this isn't about your preference (emacs) or my preference (vim), or what > POSIX can portably assume is present. Fedora can assume nano is present, > because Fedora controls that and already makes it present.
Thank you again for the reference. vi and vim are the same thing for most people. I think it's best if POSIX stays away from taking sides on a deep religious dilemma. Make it neutral (e.g. nano). Both sides get hurt the same amount. Best, Orcan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
