xjed package should provide jed via alternatives

G. Milde milde at users.sourceforge.net
Tue Oct 30 12:46:24 UTC 2007


On 23.10.07, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> * G. Milde <g.milde at quantentunnel.de> [2007-10-23 10:38]:

> > the xjed package
> > should provide the `jed` command via the alternatives system.
> > 
> > Idea: 
> > 
> > Package xjed should:
> > 
> >  * save the above wrapper as `xjed-without-x` on a sensible place.
> >  * register it as /usr/bin/jed  with alternatives
> > 
> > Package jed should:
> > 
> >  * save the jed executable under a different name
> >  * register it as /usr/bin/jed with a higher priority than xjed-without-x 

> This is an excellent proposal.  Would you implement it?

Actually, my knowledge of the alternatives system is limited.
Also, what would be a "sensible" place or name to store the actual binaries
under?

Günter



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