Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:13:29 -0500 From: gLaNDix <glandix@lloydix.2y.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi question, please help... Message-ID: <3BA12179.C0B24F07@lloydix.2y.net> References: <200109131318.f8DDIGP38150@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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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... -- ------------------------- Jesse (gLaNDix) Kaufman glandix@lloydix.2y.net http://lloydix.2y.net ------------------------- <<< FreeBSD lloydix.2y.net FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Aug 14 02:48:31 CDT 2001 glandix@lloydix.2y.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/LLOYDIX i386 >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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