Hi guys Is it possible to include vim in the stage3 tarballs ? Every time I install a gentoo system, I'm strugling with that stupid nano-editor. My backspace key is tired of deleting all the 'i' s I accidentally type in nano :-)
Well, vim is on the CD images itself. We won't add vim (or any other editor) to the stages for a few simple reasons. First, there can only be one default editor, and the stages are built automatically based on the packages listed for "system" so unless we add vim to "system" it won't make it into the stages anyway. Second, as soon as we add vim, some joker is going to come out and ask for emacs, or $editor. Quite simply, it is easier to say "no" to everyone than to try to appease everyone. (P.S. I friggin' hate nano myself, but it is easy for "n00bs" which is why it was chosen in the first place. The first thing I do after "emerge -e system" is "emerge vim" on any of my installs.)
Okay, I understand I always saw vi as 'the standard text editor' in linux but you have a good point (actually 2) ZZ
