On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Kurt Kehler wrote:
> I'm using Slackware's ZipSlack UMSDOS with Win95. While reading _Linux
> Installation and Getting Started_ I followed the directions and typed
> "man vi". I don't have manual pages for vi. Maybe the Linux
> Documentation Project has not yet added vi documentation? Do users of
> other linux distributions have vi manual pages? I've found all I need
> at the VI Lovers Home Page (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~tmgil/vi.html) Still,
> it would be nice to have the man pages available, if they are
> available, even if I only use them to add joe or emacs to my box.
In Slackware there is a symbolic link from /usr/bin/vi to /usr/bin/elvis,
which is one of the vi-lookalikes shipped. Man elvis gets the man page.
As you noted, man vi gets nothing, unfortunately. Another vi lookalike,
vim, is also available. In my opinion it is considerably better than
elvis-vi.
Good Luck,
Gordon A. Gallup Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
Voice: (402)472-1230 FAX: (402)472-2879
http://www.unl.edu/physics/
