[BusyBox] vi applet for busybox

David Douthitt ssrat at mailbag.com
Wed Apr 4 13:52:23 UTC 2001


Glenn McGrath wrote:

> Sterling Huxley wrote:
> >
> > This patch contains a vi-like editor applet for busybox.  It can also
> > be used standalone.  With all features turned on the vi.o binary is 37K
> > with text size of 22K.  With minimal features the .o is 22K and text is 12K.
> >
> 
> I have checked this out, and it looks good to me, its nice and small,
> and usable (if you know vi).
> 
> I think an editor in busybox could come in handy for a lot of people.
> 
> What does everyone else think ?

It sounds like a nice idea - I may check it out.

However, I may stick with e3, which provides for vi, emacs, pico,
nedit, and wordstar emulation in less than 20k total.





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