Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 00:08:01 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi question, please help... Message-ID: <20010914000801.A8894@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3BA12179.C0B24F07@lloydix.2y.net>; from glandix@lloydix.2y.net on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 04:13:29PM -0500 References: <200109131318.f8DDIGP38150@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <3BA12179.C0B24F07@lloydix.2y.net>
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 04:13:29PM -0500, gLaNDix wrote: > > > dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > > > vim does not replace vi; they coexist. To use vim you must specify > > vim, or make an alias. > > what I prefer to do is install vim normally (via ports or package) then > rename the original "vi" binary to "vi.orig"... then, creating a link to > vim in the dir that "vi.org" now exists... that way, if something that > Vim is dependant on gets dorked up, you still have vi.orig! > > just my preference... > Wouldn;t it be easier to just alias vi to vim ? -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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