Rino Mardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well I found the "set wraplen" feature I was talking about in another >thread and I checked on what vi clone I'm using. I'm using nvi which I >was not aware of since I've been using Debian. <G> > >Well I think "nvi" is more close to the historical "vi" than "vim" or >others. Someone correct me if I'm wrong as looking at vim it seems it's >bloated and it doesn't feel "vi"-like.
*shrug* Depends what you like. I have to use all sorts of random vi clones at work. The ones on the various commercial Unices are pretty much original vi, and while I can use them well enough for simple tasks like configuration file editing they'd drive me nuts for programming and message editing. Multi-level undo, for one, is a must; syntax highlighting is pleasant though not essential; I've got into the habit of using cursor keys from time to time; and reformatting with 'gq' is quite useful. However, I like the vi command set in general. Oh, and vim is not bloated, especially if you ignore the vim-rt package that gives you syntax highlighting and all the rest of it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dpkg -p nvi | grep '^Installed-Size:' Installed-Size: 584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dpkg -p vim-tiny | grep '^Installed-Size:' Installed-Size: 516 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dpkg -p vim | grep '^Installed-Size:' Installed-Size: 696 -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
