On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 2:45 PM gs-cygwin wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 02:23:49PM -0500, Lee via Cygwin wrote: > > If anyone has access to a redhat linux system, do they 'alias vi=vim' > > or put vi under /etc/alternatives? > > FYI: neither.
Wow! I would have never guessed 'wrapper script' Thank you! Lee > > $ cat /etc/fedora-release > Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine) > > $ cat /usr/bin/vi > #!/usr/bin/sh > > # run vim if: > # - 'vi' command is used and 'vim' binary is available > # - 'vim' command is used > # NOTE: Set up a local alias if you want vim -> vi functionality. We will not > # do it globally, because it messes up with available startup options (see > # ':help starting', 'vi' is not capable of '-d'). The introducing an > environment > # variable, which an user must set to get the feature, will do the same trick > # as setting an alias (needs user input, does not work with sudo), so it is > left > # on user whether he decides to use an alias: > # > # alias vim=vi > # > # in bashrc file. > > if test -f /usr/bin/vim > then > exec /usr/bin/vim "$@" > fi > > # run vi otherwise > exec /usr/libexec/vi "$@" -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
