From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24120 invoked by alias); 11 Aug 2010 16:32:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 24105 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Aug 2010 16:32:10 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp115.biz.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (HELO smtp115.biz.mail.sp1.yahoo.com) (69.147.92.217) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:32:03 +0000 Received: (qmail 49106 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2010 16:32:01 -0000 Received: from [192.168.1.230] (reply-to-list-only-lh@108.7.36.119 with plain) by smtp115.biz.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Aug 2010 09:32:01 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4C62D07E.7090603@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:32:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: vi and vim References: <4C62CE29.6040805@vicor.com> In-Reply-To: <4C62CE29.6040805@vicor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-08/txt/msg00258.txt.bz2 On 8/11/2010 12:22 PM, Dave Robison wrote: > Hello, > > At the risk of bringing down a cascade of derision, is there any way to > use vi instead of vim in cygwin? > > I really prefer vi, but I can't seem to find a binary for it which isn't > linked to one iteration or another of vim. > > If not, c'est la vie. Cygwin provides the vim package, which creates a link to 'vim-nox.exe' called 'vi'. Unless you set 'nocompatible' in your ~/.vimrc, you will get a vi-compatible version of vim. vim is the only package in the Cygwin distribution providing 'vi'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple