Not all vi's are created equal

Matthew Carpenter matt
Thu Jan 20 09:32:58 PST 2005


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Thanks, but there is no "vi" in the path.

I just recently installed Ubuntu on another machine and it doesn't
exhibit this problem.  I'll chalk it up to a back package install or
crash (this is VMWare after all).

Thanks again

A. Khattri wrote:
| On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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|>I didn't catch that.  VIM is what is installed, and VIM is what I'm used
|>to.  I'm assuming the differences are not in the package but in the
|>config that comes with them.
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| Portage also includes the original vi, nvi, elvis, vile, etc.
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|>That's just it!  I can't find an executable VIM to link to.  ;)
|>Perhaps it's a bad install and I should reinstall the VIM package.
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| Try:
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| file `which vi`
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