Re: Any poets here?

On 2015-01-31 21:41, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> What is found on some distros is that there is no "vim" in the
> command path, but whenever I've encountered that, it is simply
> because vim has supplanted obsolete vi:
>
> $ file /etc/alternatives/vi
> /etc/alternatives/vi: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/vim.basic'
>
> Has that led to some initial confusion?

perhaps. I type "vi" everywhere, sometimes I get vim, sometimes I get
nvi, but it's always there (except in some odd non-POSIX spins where
they truly give a stripped down system and you have to add
EVERYTHING). And on Debian/Ubuntu/RH/Slack, when I type "vi", the
splash screen says "vim" :-)

> (Who kan't kwite kome to kterms with kommand knames in kkubuntu.)

You and me both. :-/

-tim




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