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Date:      Tue, 14 May 2002 11:45:03 -0700
From:      Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>
To:        Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy...
Message-ID:  <20020514184503.GA309@helios.sr.nextrials.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Mon, 13 May 2002 at 21:21:19 -0700, Roberto Armenteros wrote:
> I started using vi in linux and it became my favorite text editor.
> Now, in my two installations of freeBSD vi is practically impossible
> to use. The most basic shorcuts like pressing i or insert to start
> typing dont work. I always end up screwing up the texts i open with
> vi. I really dont know what is causing this problem. Is it a
> configuration problem? In linux vi would work perfectly from the
> default installation, isnt it so in freebsd? I would appreciate any
> input in this matter.

That's because it's vim in most Linux distributions.  If you want vim,
install the port -- /usr/ports/editors/vim

- jim

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