reopen 360168 thanks On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 08:54:52AM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 30-Mar-06, 19:21 (CST), Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just upgraded from sarge to etch, and suddenly found 'vi' to point to > > nvi instead of 'vim', as it did when I was in sarge. > > For etch, the default vi is changing from nvi to vim. This requires > changing the relative alternatives priorities, so that when one installs > nvi, it overrides the default (just as installing vim used to override > nvi). To restore vim as the default, use update-alternatives.
I understand the underlying technical cause of this, but this doesn't solve the usability problem I encountered, with my 'ordinary user' hat on: Upon upgrade from sarge to etch, your default 'vi' is changed. It's even (!) changed in the direction of the 'vi' alternative that's *moving away* from being the default. I don't think such a change should be emitted on users, it is counter-intuitive and hence confusing. I don't know yet *how* it's best solved, though. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
