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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:34:51 +1000
From:      Lachlan O'Dea <odela01@ca.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Robert <robert@chalmers.com.au>
Subject:   Re: Is it possible to rename ci to something else please !!! so it distributes as the something else :-)
Message-ID:  <3CBD178B.3060300@ca.com>
References:  <045701c1e5d7$6651f0e0$1a6001cb@chalmers.com.au>

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Robert wrote:
> Is it only me or do other people accidentally type ci instead of vi - and
> end up accidentally modifying files they don't mean to...
> 
> It's a real pain - although of course I rename the file myself, but each
> upgrade - there it is back again, and a dyslexic typist like me forever
> falls over it.

I can tell you right now that this will never be changed :-).

You could just use the alias feature of your shell to change ci to vi. 
This would still be in effect after an upgrade.

tcsh: alias ci vi
bash and zsh: alias ci=vi

(I think these are right).

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