-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Chase <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 4, 2010 10:32 AM >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: Re: split command won't open files > >On 08/04/10 04:02, [email protected] wrote: >> I have a freshly installed CentOS host with VIM 7.0.237 >> pre-installed. >> >> When I launch vi (on this host vi is not a soft link to vim), >> and then try to open a file using the sp command, nothing >> happens. > >My first thought is that you're running a stripped-down version >of vi(m). Usually called "vim-minimal" or "vim-tiny", I believe >it's the default on RH, and correspondingly on CentOS. You may >have to install a "vim-full" package to get windowing >functionality. You can verify by checking the output of > > :ver > >to see if it includes "+windows". > >> PS: I don't know if this is relevant (and it's not important >> to me) but the help command doesn't work either. I get the >> errors "E433: No tags file" and "E149: Sorry no help for >> help.txt". > >This may be an artifact of a minimal vim install. > >-tim > > >
Dear Tim, I think you nailed it. :ver tells me I have a "Tiny version without GUI", and is set to "-windows". I shall seek a full version. Regards, John Fitzpatrick -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
