On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:32:40 +0100
KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 04:20:36AM -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:03:21 +0200
> > Peter Maloney <peter.maloney@???> wrote:
> >
> > > just run "vimtutor" and do what it says... it's only difficult if
> > > you don't know the buttons.
> >
> > I will come down on the other side of the argument: As a Debian
> > noob (after years of using Slack, Mandrake-Mandriva-Mageia) I was
> > completely lost the first time I was thrown at boot-time into the
> > recovery console, and there was no vi available... Cheers,
>
> I agree that a standard (minimal) vi should be included in the basic
> install and possibly made available within the installer (even if "ed"
> is always there and should be more than enough for simple recovery
> tasks by any vi user, BTW... :P).
>
> HND
>
> KatolaZ
>

I'm pretty sure oldschool vi *is* included in the basic install and
always has been.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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