Giorgos Keramidas writes: > On 2007-04-30 08:52, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does this mean just Linux? If so, say so. (I thought *BSD shipped > > with both 'standard' vi and vim ...) > > FWIW, > > The base system of FreeBSD contains nvi. > > vim is also available too, as a thirdparty package, through the FreeBSD > "Ports Collection".
Yes ... what I'm saying is that /usr/bin/vi being equal to 'vim' seems to be a Linicism, rather than a general "open source OS" trait. It's an overly-broad claim in the proposal. That it's a Linux idea doesn't necessarily make it wrong, but in order to make the proposal accurate, the text should in fact say what it means. It's almost the same issue as assuming that /usr/bin/sh is bash, which is also a Linux-centric assumption. I don't think the latest text -- "all GNU Operating Systems" -- is really that good. It should just say "vim is the standard version of vi on Linux-based systems." We might not have sufficient data for Hurd. ;-} -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ tools-discuss mailing list tools-discuss@opensolaris.org
