If distributions were to normally install it, that would be fine. Installing my own vi is way over the top for what my needs ought to require. Surely getting vim to act like a plain text editor cannot be _that_ hard!!!
[tongue in cheek] There's always "ed"... -more ubiquitous in its presence -consistent in its behavior -powerful -tools like "diff" interoperate with it -it can be used on a slow TTY -can be used on with a one-line display -smaller executable size -easier to remember: "*ed*itor", not "*vi*sual editor" -no time or machine cycles wasted on screen refreshes -historically significant so many other bountiful blessings to using ed. ;) Granted, I haven't come across an "ed users mailing list", let alone one as helpful as this list. Hmmm...I wonder how hard it would be to add syntax highlighting to ed... ;) -tim
