Gordon Messmer <yiny...@eburg.com> wrote:
> On 08/16/2012 04:55 PM, SilverTip257 wrote:
> > vi is generally a symlink to vim these days.
>
> Actually, it's a shell alias. And then, only if "vim" is installed,
> which it isn't in some configurations. IIRC, desktop systems have him
> by default, but server installations do not.
It is neither a symlink nor a shell alias - execpt maybe for platforms that
for some reason don't include vi.
vi is OSS and the OSS vi is fully POSIX compliant.
and BTW: vi does not read .vimrc but .exrc
Jörg
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