[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

[Harry Rickards]

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On 05/10/09 11:20, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:12:18AM +0100, Harry wrote:
>> I agree that people should learn to use either ed or echo, but isn't
>> there a vi clone in BusyBox, which IMHO everyone should have installed.
>> I don't know where the default location is, but for me BusyBox is
>> installed in /bin/busybox.
> 
> It's a good option as a precautionary measure but it won't be installed
> by default in any of the standard distributions; most people only
> encounter it (without realising) when using an installation or recovery
> CD.  Distros designed for small spaces or recovery tasks (muLinux,
> Tom's Root Boot, Damn Small Linux) are the only ones that install it as
> standard.
> 
> 
I thought it was installed by default in Debian and Ubuntu, and was
brought up when a fsck failed?

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Many thanks
Harry Rickards

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