What is the default vi editor?

Post#1 by **nanZor** » 09 Apr 2019, 07:37

Hi gang - new guy question about the default version of the vi editor on my 64 bit Porteus 4.0 ...

Is it an older busybox-vi type of thing? NVI stripped down, or what?

Not a huge deal - I love the vi editor, but I don't always feel the need for vim xzm. The old nvi did just fine for me, or compiling the latest busybox version..

Just puzzled on exactly what it is..

Post#2 by **ncmprhnsbl** » 09 Apr 2019, 08:20

looks like it's busybox (/usr/bin/vi is a symlink to /mnt/live/bin/busybox ..(busybox is in the initrd.xz))

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guest@porteus:~$ /mnt/live/bin/busybox --help
BusyBox v1.27.2 (2017-11-04 22:56:34)

not the latest..

Post#3 by **nanZor** » 09 Apr 2019, 09:46

Wow - I didn't realize it uses a pretty recent version of Busybox. That's not too far behind the very latest, especially compared to most major distros that seemed stalled at a version from about 6-7 years ago.

I use Busybox in some other projects, so I'm stoked to see it in use with Porteus. This is day one for my use of Porteus, so I have to laugh at myself for not noticing being a fan of BB.