Re: [nmh-workers] Unnecessary dependency on vi???

[Paul Vixie]

Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > why would our build or install dependency list include any editor?
>
> Fedora's is changing from an install dependency on /usr/bin/vi to a
> Suggests one.  I haven't checked what the other distributions do.  AIUI
> the idea is a user won't see
>
>      $ comp
>      unable to exec vi: No such file or directory
>      whatnow: problems with edit--draft left in /home/ralph/mail/draft
>      $

i have not run comp without first setting VISUAL for at least two 
decades, but when i used to do this, it would print a message like "type 
your message below, and then hit control-D" and then read from standard 
input. when did that change to requiring an external editor? perhaps 
that's where it all went wrong.

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P Vixie