Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-19 Thread Tom Allison
Bob Proulx wrote: Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 20:12:29 -0500]: One day I installed 'vim'. Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi' What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor? update-alternatives --config vi Then select nvi as the alternative.

Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-19 Thread Tom Allison
Nathan E Norman wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: One day I installed 'vim'. Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi' What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor? Hrm. Post the output of 'update-alternatives --display vi' ide

Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-18 Thread Michael Naumann
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 03:20, Eric G. Miller wrote: > Vim has a compatibility mode (vim -v) to more like the > original vi... That would be "vim -C". Though I never had the need to use this. "vim -c" starts in vi-mode, not compatibility mode. The difference is, that vi-mode is to be seen ve

Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 20:12:29 -0500]: > One day I installed 'vim'. > Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi' > What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor? update-alternatives --config vi Then select nvi as the alternative. Or you could re

Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-17 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > One day I installed 'vim'. > > Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi' > > What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor? nvi maybe? Vim has a compatibility mode (vim -v) to more like the original vi...

Re: vi alternate problem

2002-12-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > One day I installed 'vim'. > > Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi' > > What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor? Hrm. Post the output of 'update-alternatives --display vi' ideally you'd see som