X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:17:09 -0700 From: Gary Johnson To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: vi and vim Message-ID: <20100812181709.GB2384@KCJs-Computer> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4C62CE29.6040805@vicor.com> <4C62D07E.7090603@cygwin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C62D07E.7090603@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2010-08-11, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > 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. Actually, just the presence of ~/.vimrc will set 'nocompatible'. See :help compatible-default If you want a vi-compatible vim, name your rc file .exrc and not .vimrc. Regards, Gary -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple