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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:31:58 -0400
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On 8/11/2010 12:22 PM, Dave Robison wrote:
> Hello,
>
> At the risk of bringing down a cascade of derision, is there any way to
> use vi instead of vim in cygwin?
>
> I really prefer vi, but I can't seem to find a binary for it which isn't
> linked to one iteration or another of vim.
>
> If not, c'est la vie.

Cygwin provides the vim package, which creates a link to 'vim-nox.exe'
called 'vi'.  Unless you set 'nocompatible' in your ~/.vimrc, you will get
a vi-compatible version of vim.  vim is the only package in the Cygwin
distribution providing 'vi'.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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