* vi and vim
@ 2010-08-11 16:22 Dave Robison
2010-08-11 16:32 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2010-08-12 6:35 ` Gary
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From: Dave Robison @ 2010-08-11 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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.
Thanks for your time,
Dave
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* Re: vi and vim
2010-08-11 16:22 vi and vim Dave Robison
@ 2010-08-11 16:32 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2010-08-12 18:17 ` Gary Johnson
2010-08-12 6:35 ` Gary
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From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2010-08-11 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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'.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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* Re: vi and vim
2010-08-11 16:32 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2010-08-12 18:17 ` Gary Johnson
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From: Gary Johnson @ 2010-08-12 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 2010-08-11, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 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.
Actually, just the presence of ~/.vimrc will set 'nocompatible'.
See
:help compatible-default
If you want a vi-compatible vim, name your rc file .exrc and not
.vimrc.
Regards,
Gary
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* Re: vi and vim
2010-08-11 16:22 vi and vim Dave Robison
2010-08-11 16:32 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
@ 2010-08-12 6:35 ` Gary
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From: Gary @ 2010-08-12 6:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Dave Robison wrote:
> is there any way to use vi instead of vim in cygwin?
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/viper/Overview.html#Overview
*whistles innocently*
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