When vim first came out I was reluctant to move from vi. But when I discovered the almost-perfect compatibility and my favorite new feature - almost-infinite undo-redo, I was convinced. IMHO vim is what Bill Joy would have written if computers back then had the available memory needed.
--henry On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers <[email protected]> wrote: > Entering 'vim' shows: > VIM - Vi IMproved > > version 7.4.1099 > > I'm using vi (for editing). > > Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Neale Ferguson > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CLEFOS-vi/vim setting > > Are you using vi or vim? I always set an alias vi=vim. Check of vim is > installed. Both come with ClefOS. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jeff Barnard <[email protected]> > Date: 6/27/18 12:39 (GMT-05:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] CLEFOS-vi/vim setting > > Frank, > > Might be easier to install THE. The Hessling Editor and Regina Rexx. Then > put it into edit mode ... > COMPAT XEDIT XEDIT XEDIT > > Well, better for me anyway... lol. > > Jeff > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 27, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > In all other (z)Linux installations, vi remembered the cursor position > on last editing session. In my ClefOS 7.4 install, it always open a > session with the cursor on line 1. I've checked /etc/.vimrc and ~/.vimrc. > > > > From googling this I found that it was possible that a portion of > /etc/vimrc was/is commented out: > > > > 14 " Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands > > 15 if has("autocmd") > > 16 augroup redhat > > 17 autocmd! > > 18 " In text files, always limit the width of text to 78 characters > > 19 " autocmd BufRead *.txt set tw=78 > > 20 " When editing a file, always jump to the last cursor position > > 21 autocmd BufReadPost * > > 22 \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") | > > 23 \ exe "normal! g'\"" | > > 24 \ endif > > 25 " don't write swapfile on most commonly used directories for > NFS mounts or USB sticks > > 26 autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /media/*,/run/media/*,/mnt/* set > directory=~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp > > 27 " start with spec file template > > 28 autocmd BufNewFile *.spec 0r /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ > template.spec > > 29 augroup END > > 30 endif > > > > ~/.vimrc: > > 1 :set number > > 2 :set ignorecase > > 3 :set smartcase > > 4 :set incsearch > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Frank M. 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