X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <1182469846.20350.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <467B3A25.6020706@advancedsl.com.ar> <31b7d2790706220859g4b6ec2a5k6cdb70fdba7441dc@mail.gmail.com> <071701c7b4eb$83a48520$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Subject: RE: no vi editor?? Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:49:26 +0100 Message-ID: <071801c7b4ed$4b5e7980$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 22 June 2007 17:46, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Dave Korn wrote: > >> On 22 June 2007 17:33, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: >> >>> kayve@kayve-PC ~ >>> $ vi test >>> bash: vi: command not found >>> >>> kayve@kayve-PC ~ >>> $ >>> aww man, u gotta be kidding!!! >> >> >> No, we don't gotta! See "2.8. What packages should I download? Where are >> 'make', 'gcc', 'vi', etc? " at >> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.what-packages >> > > but why? why wouldn't it be default?? {:( Because no matter what set of defaults anyone could possibly choose, it's going to have things in it that some people don't want, and it's going to omit things that some people do want. So the default for cygwin is a very minimal installation, just enough to get the basic system up and running. (This is also an important consideration for people with slow/dialup net connections or who want to install cygwin to somewhere with limited space such as a flash drive). Everything else is optional. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/