Re: vi issue in etch

[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Vim really is Improved. I agree. However, that can be a feature or a detriment, depending on the situation. Don't expect vim features in all instances where you'd expect vi to fill the bill. Bare metal commercial Unix comes to mind. /bin/bash isn't

Re: vi issue in etch

[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Fox wrote: > On 11/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I tried to use the equivs package to inform Etch that my >> custom vim "provides vi", and link it to the >> /etc/alternatives/v

Re: vi issue in etch

Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While you are at it, consider using vim instead of vi unless you have a good > reason not to do so. this statement leads naturally into the next: > Well, therein lies my lack of experience! I didn't even know there was a > difference, vim is what I

Re: vi issue in etch

On 11/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to use the equivs package to inform Etch that my > custom vim "provides vi", and link it to the > /etc/alternatives/vi, but I got lost in the complexity of it. I am not so sure that you need to go that far to get the same functio

Re: vi issue in etch

[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] [use vim, not [n]vi] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > Well, therein lies my lack of experience! I didn't even know there >was a difference, vim is what I "meant" to use but didn't know I wasn't, >hence the apt-get

RE: vi issue in etch

-Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:01 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: vi issue in etch Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have my keyboard setup as us and in the c

Re: vi issue in etch

Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have my keyboard setup as us and in the console every key works > correctly. In vi though everything is messed up! The standard shortcuts > don't work. While following a tutorial, after an apt-get of a series of > apps I noticed it start working like it s

vi issue in etch

Hi everyone, I have my keyboard setup as us and in the console every key works correctly. In vi though everything is messed up! The standard shortcuts don't work. While following a tutorial, after an apt-get of a series of apps I noticed it start working like it should? Is there something speci