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Subject: RE: vi and cygwin
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:42:43 -0600
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Not sure what you are trying to accomplish, but try this command-line
option with vim.

-+- man vim -+-

-C          Compatible.  Set the 'compatible' option.  This  will  make
                   Vim  behave  mostly  like  Vi,  even  though  a
.vimrc file
                   exists.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com 
> [mailto: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Totte Karlsson
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:39 PM
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Subject: Re: vi and cygwin
> 
> 
> yeah, I know about the "standard method" but could not find 
> vi there, only
> vim. So one should use vim? There is no "pure" vi?
> -totte
> 
> "Brian Dessent" <brian at dessent dot net> wrote in message
> news: 40368B56.4ABE506D at dessent dot net...
> > Totte Karlsson wrote:
> >
> > > How do I get vi working under cygwin? Is it available?
> >
> > Install the vim package, using setup.exe.  That is the 
> standard method
> > for isntalling all Cygwin packages.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> 
> 


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