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Subject: Re: vim: errors launching "/usr/bin/vi
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 2:45 PM gs-cygwin wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 02:23:49PM -0500, Lee via Cygwin wrote:
> > If anyone has access to a redhat linux system, do they 'alias vi=vim'
> > or put vi under /etc/alternatives?
>
> FYI: neither.

Wow!  I would have never guessed 'wrapper script'
Thank you!

Lee


>
> $ cat /etc/fedora-release
> Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine)
>
> $ cat /usr/bin/vi
> #!/usr/bin/sh
>
> # run vim if:
> # - 'vi' command is used and 'vim' binary is available
> # - 'vim' command is used
> # NOTE: Set up a local alias if you want vim -> vi functionality. We will not
> # do it globally, because it messes up with available startup options (see
> # ':help starting', 'vi' is not capable of '-d'). The introducing an environment
> # variable, which an user must set to get the feature, will do the same trick
> # as setting an alias (needs user input, does not work with sudo), so it is left
> # on user whether he decides to use an alias:
> #
> # alias vim=vi
> #
> # in bashrc file.
>
> if test -f /usr/bin/vim
> then
>   exec /usr/bin/vim "$@"
> fi
>
> # run vi otherwise
> exec /usr/libexec/vi "$@"

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