OK, you are correct, vim is vi! ...it's just spelled different I guess..
"Thorsten Kampe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> * Totte Karlsson (2004-02-21 02:25 +0100)
> > does not mean that vim is vi! Read my question!
>
> Read my answer: vim behaves like vi, it is
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Alejandro Lopez-Valencia wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski scribbled on Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:13 AM:
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> Please don't CC me on mailing list traffic,
^^
Hey, I didn't say *that*! You did. :-)
> Thanks and cheers
> Alejo
Actually, th
Igor Pechtchanski scribbled on Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:13 AM:
Please don't CC me on mailing list traffic,
Thanks and cheers
Alejo
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Alejandro Lopez-Valencia wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:20:00 -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
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> >Totte Karlsson wrote:
> >>
> >> my question was if vi is available under cygwin. I know about vim and about
> >> it's compatible option. Just curious if there is a "pure" vi availab
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:20:00 -0800, Brian Dessent wrote in
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>Totte Karlsson wrote:
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>> my question was if vi is available under cygwin. I know about vim and about
>> it's compatible option. Just curious if there is a "pure" vi available and
>> it seems not to be...
>
>Then t
On 2004-02-21, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Totte Karlsson (2004-02-21 02:25 +0100)
>> does not mean that vim is vi! Read my question!
>
> The original vi is not free software so you will hardly find it on any
> Linux machine (same with ksh for example).
Not quite true.
http://ex-vi.berlios.de/
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* Totte Karlsson (2004-02-21 02:25 +0100)
> does not mean that vim is vi! Read my question!
Read my answer: vim behaves like vi, it is called with "vi" in the
shell and therefor it /is/ vi (http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/call-it-a-duck.html).
The original vi is not free software so you will hardly fi
does not mean that vim is vi! Read my question!
"Thorsten Kampe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> * Totte Karlsson (2004-02-20 23:49 +0100)
> > my question was if vi is available under cygwin. I know about vim and
about
> > it's compatible option. Just curious if ther
* Totte Karlsson (2004-02-20 23:49 +0100)
> my question was if vi is available under cygwin. I know about vim and about
> it's compatible option. Just curious if there is a "pure" vi available and
> it seems not to be...
If you knew vim you knew that it has a vi compatibility mode - vim can
emulat
Totte Karlsson wrote:
>
> my question was if vi is available under cygwin. I know about vim and about
> it's compatible option. Just curious if there is a "pure" vi available and
> it seems not to be...
Then the answer is no. What you see with setup.exe is what you get.
(WYSWSIWYG?) Someone ou
my question was if vi is available under cygwin. I know about vim and about
it's compatible option. Just curious if there is a "pure" vi available and
it seems not to be...
thanks though
/totte
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Not sure what you are t
exists.
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com
> [mailto: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Totte Karlsson
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:39 PM
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Subject: Re: vi and cygwin
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>
> yeah, I know about the
yeah, I know about the "standard method" but could not find vi there, only
vim. So one should use vim? There is no "pure" vi?
-totte
"Brian Dessent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Totte Karlsson wrote:
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> > How do I get vi working under cygwin? Is it available?
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>
Totte Karlsson wrote:
> How do I get vi working under cygwin? Is it available?
Install the vim package, using setup.exe. That is the standard method
for isntalling all Cygwin packages.
Brian
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