There are packages for 11 different editors in our FTP archive (or on your CD if you have one). Please forgive me for not including "vi" and "emacs" on the three base floppies - there simply was not space, and our assumption is that a user's first act once they install the system is generally to find the package for their preferred editor and install it. Likewise, there is a "man" package on the FTP archive as well. The base system is supposed to be just enough to support installing the packages you choose.
Thanks Bruce Perens