Draft 0.3 vim proposal.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df6hcjb2_10f934gh

Please let me know if you need edit access.

Thanks,
-Brian

On 4/30/07, Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Brian Gupta wrote:
> Updating "vi" should be a seperate project. vim can be intruduced
without
> any namespace collision. We are still leaving the door open for
refactoring
> vi to use vim or one of the other clones at a later date.
>
> One additional note. vim's ex and view should be called by using "vim
-e"
> and "vim -R". This way we don't create any new "artifacts".
(Alternatively
> named ex and view) It will be cleaner down the road, if you ever decide
to
> merge vi and vim.

I think that is the best way to approach this.  It is similar to
how ksh upgrade is being approached - first introduce ksh93 then look at
how to make /usr/bin/ksh the new thing.

--
Darren J Moffat

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