X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=AxjSgNm1Wa7whFjr31cRhTxIld/jQZtVrIbuVsLz5gC tK4d7WLPq49Rf2HybeX/pjTNGCap2pz5qVNVrf212jmjbsgZC7FMpxDCsu7vRPEV TCrwJl+OzRQ00d7dXsIAdycSOS0sJiJM+C4EFqkM+NGcEX1nGcAFo2tAf+hb0p+8 = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=BMKQBwiX7Q+V/hvwnXmu5CSV7b0=; b=onulX22RFQEratn77 TIr01bdCOlOMyCMLhwzs5TcyGrZHjqhowe3yJUIE+HSiwtIyI2ywtdkpRYbFvH0N DtQECM1TAE/x9+nTdODxq9qDsesqMTC1q7r3k/oLD2Fa4BiwbAKCDENFZvnngdG5 lDs+Udk9dY5R3OJB+aQuI0pT2A= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=supplies, H*i:sk:ed28bb6, H*MI:sk:ed28bb6, H*f:sk:ed28bb6 X-HELO: Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org Message-ID: <57F9E8FF.7060007@tlinx.org> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 23:51:43 -0700 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: intelligent following of directions, or following them by rote... References: <878tu1qtes DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> <57F6966E DOT 4050303 AT tlinx DOT org> <874m4pqp27 DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> <57F6E725 DOT 9090001 AT tlinx DOT org> <892577849 DOT 20161007133108 AT yandex DOT ru> <57F81BD9 DOT 8090502 AT tlinx DOT org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2016-10-07 16:04, Linda Walsh wrote: >> ... what affect >> on the cygwin installation would be if you didn't install the base >> vim package? Just a thought. > > Type v inside a PAGER (e.g. less or more). > Run an editor on the current (long) command line in readline or shell > history. > Edit a commit message in any VCS. > Edit crontab entries. > You can change some of these if you prefer ed or emacs (EDITOR, VISUAL), > and ex is a symlink to vi (vim-minimal). --- Good point -- but none of those should cease to run if you are putting your own "well working" version of vim it its place -- which was where this got started in someone desiring to put their own version on their machine. FWIW, I've run my own compiled Gvim version on linux for years and had fewer problems. My linux distro supplies a version that links with various languages (ruby, python, perl, etc) -- but they don't use run-time dynamic loading, so if something happens and the versions don't match (they must match, even, the patch-levels) then neither vim nor gvim can be used as an editor. Such was sufficient reason for me to build and replace the OS-instance of vim/gvim. -- 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