Re: Line editor without echo...
However, a so-called "poweruser" that doesn't check the .rc for local variations of a very customizable editor isn't going to get admin privs on any system that I maintain.
Conversely something describing itself as "improved" isn't going to get installed on a system I maintain, not if there's an alternative. In a third of a century of use I've never felt vi to be lacking in those "improvements" so I regard them as featuritis. Obviously we choose to differ on this.
To be fair to vim this is the only instance that I came across so egregiously set up out of the box. But it's like a restaurant; if you had a dose of food poisoning the first time you ate there even if it had a constellation of Michelin stars you'd be likely to feel a bit queasy going in there again.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
