[gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim)

2004-02-13 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I did some Googling to no avail. My root account had no .bashrc so I tried adding one with an alias vi=vim command but it doesn't seem to work. What's the best way to do an alias in the root account? Thanks, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim)

2004-02-13 Thread Christoph Gysin
Mark Knecht wrote: I did some Googling to no avail. My root account had no .bashrc so I tried adding one with an alias vi=vim command but it doesn't seem to work. What's the best way to do an alias in the root account? You did the right thing. start a new bash and try again. bye, christoph

Re: [gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim)

2004-02-13 Thread gabriel
On February 13, 2004 10:36 am, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I did some Googling to no avail. My root account had no .bashrc so I tried adding one with an alias vi=vim command but it doesn't seem to work. What's the best way to do an alias in the root account? you can put your aliases in

Re: [gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim)

2004-02-13 Thread Matthew Kennedy
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I did some Googling to no avail. My root account had no .bashrc so I tried adding one with an alias vi=vim command but it doesn't seem to work. What's the best way to do an alias in the root account? While its a good idea to keep the root

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim)

2004-02-13 Thread brettholcomb
system wide aliases, environment variables, commands, whatever else. From: gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/02/13 Fri PM 03:51:53 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim) On February 13, 2004 10:36 am, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I did some Googling

Re: [gentoo-user] root aliases (vi=vim)

2004-02-13 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 07:51, gabriel wrote: On February 13, 2004 10:36 am, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I did some Googling to no avail. My root account had no .bashrc so I tried adding one with an alias vi=vim command but it doesn't seem to work. What's the best way to do an alias in