[systemd-devel] [PATCH] systemctl: add edit verb

David Herrmann dh.herrmann at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 04:40:27 PDT 2014


Hi

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Daniel Buch <boogiewasthere at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice, I was in the process of implementing this. Looks good to me. But I
> think it would be better to use "vi" instead of "vim" if no &editor is set.
> Vim is not installed on every system as default but vi is most likely.

I'd prefer doing nothing. "vi" has quite different behavior than
"vim", especially in Ex mode. And for people uncomfortable with 'vi'
it's even worth. And everyone should have set EDITOR anyway..

Thanks
David


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