Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 06:27:41PM -0600, John Galt wrote: Try the HP-UX porting page--they have quite a few GNU-style progs ported to HP-UX: I remember getting the pages when I searched for tcsh. HTH I do remember visiting such a site a few months back (when I first started working on HP-UX).

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-08 Thread John Galt
You may be right, tcsh ain't exactly freshmeat's newest. But then again, neither is vim. It certainly can't hurt trying. On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 06:27:41PM -0600, John Galt wrote: Try the HP-UX porting page--they have quite a few GNU-style progs

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-07 Thread John Galt
Try the HP-UX porting page--they have quite a few GNU-style progs ported to HP-UX: I remember getting the pages when I searched for tcsh. HTH On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: However, vim is not standard. I routinely work on HP-UX these days and doubt that vim is installed

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 11:40:56AM -0500, J.L.M. wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: However, vim is not standard. I guess I would respond, why not? It's not unavailable, by any means. The fact that it isn't bundled with your OS should not be a problem after the first

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Apr 04, 1999 at 05:37:06PM +1000, Tyson Dowd wrote: Major Advantages to using vim over nvi: - multiple undo - region select - recordable macros - :command history - filename completion - multiple buffers/split windows - identifier

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-06 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
However, vim is not standard. I routinely work on HP-UX these days and doubt that vim is installed there, for example. It usually is not too hard to go to a debian site, download the original source tarbal, and compile it for personal use. I just did that with procmail on SGI. HTH, Eric --

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-06 Thread J.L.M.
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: However, vim is not standard. I guess I would respond, why not? It's not unavailable, by any means. The fact that it isn't bundled with your OS should not be a problem after the first day of operation. -- James http://ssdd.conservatory.com

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-06 Thread Frank Barknecht
E.L. Meijer Eric hat gesagt: // E.L. Meijer Eric wrote: However, vim is not standard. I routinely work on HP-UX these days and doubt that vim is installed there, for example. It usually is not too hard to go to a debian site, download the original source tarbal, and compile it for

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-05 Thread Shao Zhang
/usr/bin/vi should alwasy point to /etc/alternatives/vi you can modify the link to make /etc/alternatives/vi points to /usr/bin/vim then your vi should fire up vim. Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-04 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 06:18:57PM -, Pollywog wrote: vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. vi could be nvi, elvis, or vim, or another VI

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-04 Thread Tyson Dowd
On 04-Apr-1999, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 06:18:57PM -, Pollywog wrote: vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? vim works well, but vi is weird. It

vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread Pollywog
vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. thanks -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread thomas lakofski
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Pollywog wrote: vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. /usr/bin/vi is linked to /etc/alternatives/vi; take a look at what

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread Pollywog
On 03-Apr-99 thomas lakofski wrote: On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Pollywog wrote: vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. /usr/bin/vi is linked to

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread David Z. Maze
Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pollywog vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my Pollywog system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to Pollywog vim on most systems? On most Unix systems (including the Suns and SGIs I use on a routine basis) 'vi' is a pretty