XJed is a superset of jed

Rafael Laboissiere Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:48:40 +0200


* G. Milde <g.milde@web.de> [2005-06-23 11:48]:

> On 23.06.05, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > * G. Milde <g.milde@web.de> [2005-06-23 09:59]:
> > 
> > > >Should we make xjed a replacement of jed? 
> 
>  
> > One possibility would be to use the alternatives mechanism.  
> ...
> > This is the "Debian way of doing things".
> 
> So let us do it this way. (I hope someone more proficient in Debian ways
> will do it, as I am too ignorant and busy myself.)
> 
> > 	  /usr/bin/jed.wrapper
> 
> Looking at what I have in /etc/alternatives/, I'd recommend 
>           
>       xjed:
>           /usr/bin/xjed
> - 	  /usr/bin/jed.wrapper
> +	  /usr/bin/jed.xjed
> 
> so it tells, what exactly is wrapped...

This change is fine for me.
 
> Also, I wonder if we could add /usr/bin/xjed to the alternatives for
> `editor'. As it falls back to jed if X is not running, this would be save
> IMHO.

If we implement the alternatives scheme that I proposed, then there is no
need for adding /usr/bin/xjed to the 'editor' alternatives, I think.
 
-- 
Rafael