Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:04:21 -0500 From: Jim C <jconner@enterit.com> To: Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: c-mode in vi Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000211085846.00a4c3d8@mail.enterit.com> In-Reply-To: <20000211084431.C70178@sr.se> References: <38A36D58.3EC41702@nwlink.com> <38A36D58.3EC41702@nwlink.com>
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I had to make sure I was using vim and not vi. I don't believe vi has all the capabilities that vim has. I simply symlinked vi to vim and made sure I have my $HOME/.vimrc file properly configured. Jim At 08.44 11.02.00 +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote: >On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 06:00:56PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: > > Awhile back I was using vi to write c++ programs and it had the cool > > feature of going into "c-mode" automatically whenever I entered [vi > > file.cpp]. It would do automatic indentation for me. > > About a month ago, I reinstalled my system, and vi no longer does this. > > I'm pretty sure I was using vim or vile, but i've tried vim, vile, > > elvis, and nvi and I can't get this feature to work anymore. Is there a > > script I can use to enable this feature? > > Also, I like the feel of vim but the backspace and delete keys are > > switched around. I can't use it like that. Anyone know how to fix > > that? > >If you look in the /usr/local/share/vim directory you can see that there >are a new subdirectory named after the version of vin you use (at least >that was the case for me) I did symlinks to the /usr/local/share/vim for >all the items in the new directory. Then it started working. > >Maybe this is something for the vim port maintainer to look at. > > > -- > > R Joseph Wright > > > > I was getting out of a...I believe I was > > getting out of something. Bill Callahan. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > __o >regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ >email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > >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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