On 07/13/2017 09:50 AM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > Package: openstack-debian-images > Version: 1.20 > Severity: normal > > Hey! > > Another annoying derivation with standard Debian installation is the > presence of joe. It becomes the default editor and the only clue to > exit disappears at the first keystroke. Nobody loves nano, but this is > the default for Debian. > > Please, remove joe.
Hi, In the default installation of Debian, there's only Nano, that's right. Though to make it more easy for administrator, I made the choice to install a few editor, among the most used. Therefore, we ship vi and GNU screen. Emacs is also used by a lot of people, and it would have been nice to have it. Though it's a way too big. Therefore, joe is a good compromise: it is *very* small (the executable is less than 500kb) and it has key bindings very close to emacs. So, because of the above, I don't think it is a good idea to remove joe. What we can do though, is set a different editor as default, for example vi. Does this mean simply call update-alternatives? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
