Hello all!
> The list of gains is huge but the most obvious to me are: > a) syntax highlighting makes it easier to read code and configuration > files > b) navigation is possible with arrow keys, page-up/down, home/end > c) selecting blocks of texts and running regexps over them is trivial > > And I see not a single downside in the non-compatible vim mode. > > > Maybe my question was stupid but: are there environment for which using "vim" > as "vi" breaks things ? (serial consoles ?) > If it is the case then Volker has a point. Wow, interesting discussion. Maybe I should clarify my concern. When I log in as root via the system console on a newly installed system, I do not want to be distracted by anything "non-standard". I have not experienced any problems yet simply because I have never used vim in non-compatible mode as root. In my "normal" user account, I have a .vimrc file. The simple presence of this file makes vim switch to non-compatible mode. I don't really care because obviously I use Emacs for most things. :-) The problem I see with your suggestion is simply the fact that it will also change the behaviour for the root user. Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: [email protected] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead" _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
