Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:03:50 -0400 From: "David Loszewski" <stealth215@mediaone.net> To: "'Cliff Sarginson'" <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: vi question, please help... Message-ID: <003b01c13cb9$219c6b00$3000a8c0@sickness> In-Reply-To: <20010914000801.A8894@raggedclown.net>
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K, I think more of the question is how do I configure vi so in order to delete previous text I can press the 'backspace'? Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Cliff Sarginson Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:08 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi question, please help... 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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