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<7d0e764a-3f03-42c8-a6f3-63355e218f1e AT gmail DOT com> <13058478 DOT 2154617 DOT 1703098667904 AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> In-Reply-To: <13058478.2154617.1703098667904@mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:23:49 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: vim: errors launching "/usr/bin/vi To: matthew patton X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Lee via Cygwin Reply-To: Lee Cc: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: "Cygwin" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 3BKJOIOe021338 On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 1:57 PM matthew patton wrote: > > > Would you please let me know how to make an /etc/alternatives for vi/vim? > > did you install the alternatives package? I installed cygwin back in 2017; I don't remember what all I've installed but it seems to be there: $ ls -l /usr/sbin/alt* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root None 20499 Apr 4 2013 /usr/sbin/alternatives.exe > I just use aliases (actually I set EDITOR=xxx) after I enumerate the editors I consider worthy of inclusion and resident. That's my current work-around # set the bash prompt # "$SHLVL" = 1 is true for the 1st shell, and incremented # each time another instance of bash is started. eg # vi /tmp/foo # :sh # and you're in a new shell so SHLVL was incremented # if [ "$SHLVL" = 1 ]; then PS1='\[\e]2;\u@\h \w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ ' else PS1='\[\e]2;\u@\h \w\a\]\n\u@\h \w\n\$ ' alias vi=vim fi > What DOES need nuking is the forced alias in /etc/profile.d. That's inexcusable interference in the system. I'd say vi/vim needs to be put under /etc/alternatives If anyone has access to a redhat linux system, do they 'alias vi=vim' or put vi under /etc/alternatives? Debian uses alternatives: $ update-alternatives --query vi Name: vi Link: /usr/bin/vi Slaves: vi.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz vi.da.1.gz /usr/share/man/da/man1/vi.1.gz vi.de.1.gz /usr/share/man/de/man1/vi.1.gz vi.fr.1.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vi.1.gz vi.it.1.gz /usr/share/man/it/man1/vi.1.gz vi.ja.1.gz /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vi.1.gz vi.pl.1.gz /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vi.1.gz vi.ru.1.gz /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vi.1.gz Status: auto Best: /usr/bin/vim.basic Value: /usr/bin/vim.basic Alternative: /usr/bin/vim.basic Priority: 30 Slaves: vi.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz vi.da.1.gz /usr/share/man/da/man1/vim.1.gz vi.de.1.gz /usr/share/man/de/man1/vim.1.gz vi.fr.1.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz vi.it.1.gz /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz vi.ja.1.gz /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vim.1.gz vi.pl.1.gz /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz vi.ru.1.gz /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz $ update-alternatives --query vim Name: vim Link: /usr/bin/vim Status: auto Best: /usr/bin/vim.basic Value: /usr/bin/vim.basic Alternative: /usr/bin/vim.basic Priority: 30 Regards, Lee -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple