Re: Any poets here?

On 2015-01-31 20:44, kouzennoki@gmail.com wrote:
> Not sure about that, but I also just installed a Debian and
> Kubuntu, and on both I've had to install vim (not vi) manually. It
> is included on the first Debian DVD though (I don't have internet
> on that box as of yet) but I guess basically everything is included
> on that 3-dvd set.

Out-of-the-box, most distributions typically come with "vim.tiny" (I
think Fedora calls it "vim-tiny") symlinked to the name vi/vim. This
is a minimal build that gives the core vi experience but doesn't have
all the bells and whistles offered by the "vim", "vim-full",
"vim-enhanced", "vim-gtk", "vim-gnome", etc. packages.

On a fresh install, you can check the output of either

$ vi --version

or within vi, invoke

:version

to see what options it was built with. When I invoke vim.tiny, it
shows most features as disabled (with a "-" in front of them), and
describes it as "Small version without GUI" whereas my regular vim
reports "Huge version with GTK2 GUI" and has a "+" in front of most
options.

This might make a difference in how arrow keys end up getting
handled, as well as other functionality.

-tim



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