Anyone know why vim-full isn't installed by default? I'm a vim user and had to do some searching to figure out why syntax highlighting wasn't working: because vim-full wasn't installed. I would think that people who use vim would want the full version instead of the tiny version. To that point, if you're going to install vim to please the vim users, why not install the full version since that is what most vim users would want anyway? If the reason for installing vim is something other than pleasing vim users, then why is it installed at all?
Why isn't vim-full installed by default?
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The reason vim-full isn't installed is because of space. Personally, I think nano should be the only thing installed, with Vim and Emacs optional (since they are more for advanced users).
i use vi/vim, but i don't use vim-full. you do not need vim-full for syntax.
i personally think no vim should be installed in place of vi, instead busybox vi should be activated.
nano is the best newbie option at the moment, maybe in time someone will do a cursors based editor like mcedit, mcedit is sweet but not worth the whole mc bloat.
I wish VIM full and MC were installed by default.
VIM is for advanced stuff. MC is for easier stuff. But I like MC way way better than NANO since it's a file manager (mc) and an editor all in one (mcedit). Not to mention an FTP and SCP client, userfriendly chmod/own amongst other features.