at 08.07.2014 09:06, Yves Blusseau wrote: >> >> Before 4.x we had a pretty usable vi, with probably all the bugs one can >> think of. The busybox stuff may be nice but is typically just a meager >> replacement for the REAL thing. I am under the impression that for the >> sake of new platforms and kernel features we are loosing some of the >> stability and usability of former releases. > > busybox/vi work well and can do the major thing we can do with vi.
It cannot handle big files and I am not talking about real big files. the logfiles on a small leaf box are sufficient. > e3vi work very well too (but can’t be compiled on non x86 platform). IMHO horrible thing. > elvis-tiny is known to have some bug (see: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/fr/lucid/editors/elvis-tiny) : You should install > another vi-editor (such as « vim", "elvis" or "nvi") if you want a vi editor > that is full featured and has no bugs. > vim has full fetaures, and can be compiled on the major platform. I am using elvis and it has similar limitations. I do not recall having seen this on 'real old releases', but then, I am getting older and my memory may have lapses. cheers Erich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
