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From: Mike Jones on 25 Nov 2009 06:11 Reqest to Slackware installation media developers: Can we (extra pretty) PLEASE have Nano on the install disks? Midnight Commander would be nice too, and there is plenty of room on the DVD for these distinctly useful tools. Ta. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Lew Pitcher on 25 Nov 2009 09:54 On November 25, 2009 06:11, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike Jones (Not(a)Arizona.Bay) wrote: > > > Reqest to Slackware installation media developers: That would be volkerdi(a)slackware.com > Can we (extra pretty) PLEASE have Nano on the install disks? > > Midnight Commander would be nice too, and there is plenty of room on the > DVD for these distinctly useful tools. Good idea. I would have thought that those tools would be there, in the "live system" DVD at least. -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: Mike Jones on 25 Nov 2009 11:15 Responding to Lew Pitcher: > On November 25, 2009 06:11, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike Jones > (Not(a)Arizona.Bay) wrote: > > >> >> Reqest to Slackware installation media developers: > > That would be volkerdi(a)slackware.com If one wanted to clog up Pat's email with such trivialities. Simple posting to this NG should act as a low priority message-in-a-bottle. >> Can we (extra pretty) PLEASE have Nano on the install disks? >> >> Midnight Commander would be nice too, and there is plenty of room on >> the DVD for these distinctly useful tools. > > Good idea. I would have thought that those tools would be there, in the > "live system" DVD at least. I get the impression that vi is very popular with developer types, but unfortunately this doesn't propogate back into userworld that well. For the record, vi isn't so much an editor as an ingenious puzzle game. Not the kind of thing you want to find is your only option when attempting a repair hack from the install bootdisk. And lets not mention Emacs, eh? 8( -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Lew Pitcher on 25 Nov 2009 11:25 On November 25, 2009 11:15, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike Jones (Not(a)Arizona.Bay) wrote: > Responding to Lew Pitcher: > >> On November 25, 2009 06:11, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike Jones >> (Not(a)Arizona.Bay) wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Reqest to Slackware installation media developers: >> >> That would be volkerdi(a)slackware.com > > > If one wanted to clog up Pat's email with such trivialities. Simple > posting to this NG should act as a low priority message-in-a-bottle. Should. But maybe won't. PV has said that he no longer follows public slackware groups; something to do with flamewars and such back in the early releases of Slackware. I know that a number of his contributors watch (and sometimes participate in) aols, but there is often no guarantee. Pat has responded positively to the few suggestions that I have made to him via email, and I know that he has accepted email suggestions from others in the group. I believe that he publishes his email address in the Slackware "welcome" emails specifically so that he can receive direct feedback. >>> Can we (extra pretty) PLEASE have Nano on the install disks? >>> >>> Midnight Commander would be nice too, and there is plenty of room on >>> the DVD for these distinctly useful tools. >> >> Good idea. I would have thought that those tools would be there, in the >> "live system" DVD at least. > > > I get the impression that vi is very popular with developer types, but > unfortunately this doesn't propogate back into userworld that well. Yes, Vi is one of those Unixisms that Slackware maintains. I agree that most casual users find Vi too cryptic and complex, and would be better served (for console mode plain text editing, at least) by Nano or Pico. > For the record, vi isn't so much an editor as an ingenious puzzle game. > Not the kind of thing you want to find is your only option when > attempting a repair hack from the install bootdisk. > > And lets not mention Emacs, eh? 8( No. Let's not. Emacs isn't so much an editor as it is an Operating System that includes an embedded editor. But, we won't mention that here ;-) -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: boltar2003 on 25 Nov 2009 11:38
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:15:27 GMT Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >For the record, vi isn't so much an editor as an ingenious puzzle game. >Not the kind of thing you want to find is your only option when >attempting a repair hack from the install bootdisk. Anyone who can repair a system from the bootdisk system is probably more than capable of using vi. Yes its rubbish but vi is the de facto standard unix text editor and you must assume that one day it might be your only option and hence you should learn it. B2003 |