VI problem with latest update

VI problem with latest update

[Karl M]

Hi All...
With the latest update to VI (and the latest Cygwin (1.7.20), I get the following error starting VI.

 
$ vi config
Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim73/colors/elflord.vim:
line 12:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: let g:colors_name = "elflord"
Press ENTER or type command to continue

Thanks,
...Karl 		 	   		  
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Re: VI problem with latest update

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jun  8 14:48, Karl M wrote:
> Hi All...
> With the latest update to VI (and the latest Cygwin (1.7.20), I get the following error starting VI.

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html

Note especially:

  * The new vim-minimal package provides /usr/bin/ex and /usr/bin/vi, is
  compiled with the "small" feature set, and DOES NOT DEPEND ON
  vim-common.

So vi complains about extended vim features in ~/.vimrc.  The workaround
is to have a shell alias vi->vim or a matching symlink in a bin directory
preceeding /usr/bin in $PATH.


Corinna

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Re: VI problem with latest update

[Frank Fesevur]

2013/6/9 Corinna Vinschen:
> So vi complains about extended vim features in ~/.vimrc.  The workaround
> is to have a shell alias vi->vim or a matching symlink in a bin directory
> preceeding /usr/bin in $PATH.

I suggested a proper solution, but there was no response yet:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2013-05/msg00068.html

Regards,
Frank

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