From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Laight Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 14:01:36 +0000 Subject: [Buildroot] Is there a better version of vi? In-Reply-To: <20210603135319.rfppvgyaezkvnkf5@falbala.internal.home.lespocky.de> References: <20210603135319.rfppvgyaezkvnkf5@falbala.internal.home.lespocky.de> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net From: Alexander Dahl > Sent: 03 June 2021 14:53 > > Hello David, > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 01:27:56PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > > The version of vi is busybox is somewhat cutdown. > > I can't see an option to include either nvi or vim. > > > > While vim has grown all sorts of horrid extensions > > it would be nice to have a version that matches the > > code from the late 1980s. > > Someone improved the Vi included in busybox lately, lots of changes > have gone to busybox master branch in the last months. Maybe you > could give that a try? I'll pick up the 2021.05 release a few days after it escapes. See what that changes. I'm busy unmothballing a project from 2 years ago. Be a while before we start locking down versions. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)