> From: "Daniel Meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've seen a couple of complaints but no real > response to the question: setup.exe used to be > (like, last week) real easy to run and install most > things needed, but now it doesn't. That's funny. I though setup.exe used to be (like, last week) impossibly difficult to get a minimal environment without compilers, a database, tetex-beta, and so on. It's frustrating getting 150MB of stuff you'd never use on a travel laptop, for example.
> I mean after installing with setup.exe I can't even > run vi! None of the cygwin directories are in the > path. Even if I add them to the path it still can't > find vi. Have you checked the C:\Cygwin\bin directory? There should be a vim.exe if you installed the vim package. setup.exe doesn't add anything to your PATH. > It used to take a brainless cluck to install and use > cygwin. Now you've raised the entry requirement - Or lowered, depending on your goal. > I assume there is a difference between vi and 'new > improved vi' - vim. The most important difference > being vi IS part of the default environment? The real vi is copyrighted by AT&T. It is not Free software. Vim, however, is. It also has a lot more features. AFAIK, Cygwin has never included vi or even anything called vi, just vim with some links to fool you into thinking you've gotten 'vi'. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
