Re: Please consider replace src/dist/nvi with nvi2

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 08 Oct 2012, Zhihao Yuan wrote:
> I'm maintaining another multibyte nvi fork, nvi2 
> https://github.com/lichray/nvi2

What version of nvi did you start with?  The oldest commit that I 
see in your git repository is this:

commit 8c964cf4c028c06cc1d3e56ae97a26db924e47a0
Author: Zhihao Yuan <lichray%gmail.com@localhost>
Date:   Sun Jun 26 13:15:33 2011 -0500

    merge README

but I can't easily tell what version of nvi it was based on.

For your next project, it would be a good idea to let your first 
commit be the unmodified sources that you started with, and to let 
your first change go into your second commit.

> 1. UTF-16 editing support.
> 2. File encoding detection. Detects for UTF-16 (w BOM) and 
> UTF-8, and fallbacks to locale.
> 3. Multibyte message. No more \x?? with printable wide strings 
> in messages.
> 4. Enhanced usability on BSDs. openpty(3), flock(2)-only 
> locking, etc.
> 5. Internal sendmail function. Nvi sends recovery notifications 
> when system start up, but /usr/sbin/sendmail is too slow.
> 6. Recover files with arbitrary file name -- my version base64 
> them in the recovery files.
> 7. Full-featured file name completion. The completion 
> accepts/yields escaped path, like your bash/tcsh.

Most of that sounds useful.

/usr/sbin/sendmail is the traditional way for programs to submit 
email, and it usually works well.  What problem did you have with 
that, and what is your solution in more detail?

--apb (Alan Barrett)