From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 3 18:08:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B61637B401 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 18:08:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spitfire.velocet.net (spitfire.velocet.net [216.138.223.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88CB43F85 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 18:08:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from willyyam@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org) Received: from sillyrabbi (H241.C230.tor.velocet.net [216.138.230.241]) by spitfire.velocet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251CD4B7D7E for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 21:08:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from willyyam by sillyrabbi with local (Exim 3.20 #1 (Debian)) id 19C7zT-0000I4-00 for ; Sat, 03 May 2003 21:08:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 21:08:31 -0400 From: William O'Higgins To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20030503210831.A982@sillyrabbi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: William O'Higgins Subject: vim isn't working as expected X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 01:08:34 -0000 I am a new user of FreeBSD migrating from Red Hat Linux. There are a few differences that I am having trouble with. vi - my editor of choice, and it doesn't work in the ways I expect it to. I am used to vi being aliased to vim (which I have done in FreeBSD) and having syntax highlighting, arrow keys, and a tell-tale line at the bottom of the xterm to remind me which mode I'm in, which line and position, and how much file I'm looking at. All these things are gone in FreeBSD. Could someone tell me what I'm missing? Thanks. -- yours, William