From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:45:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200609252245.21109.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060925205210.GB5802@sympatico.ca>
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On Monday 25 September 2006 21:52, Philip Webb wrote:
> 060925 Mick wrote:
> > On Monday 25 September 2006 16:53, Timo Boettcher wrote:
> >> Even though I am sure the OP meant vim, vim is NOT vi.
> >
> > How does one get Vi?
> > I thought that it comes with any vanilla Linux installation.
>
> More likely a BSD or IRIX. If you really want olde worlde Vi,
> Vim has a setting to make it so, but why would anyone want that ?
All I can think is that Vim is larger than Vi and on tiny little systems it
could make a difference. I am not sure why the OP is looking for Vi.
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Regards,
Mick
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2006-09-25 11:16 [gentoo-user] how to get vi!? Patric Douhane
[not found] ` <200609251330.14374.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com>
2006-09-25 15:53 ` Timo Boettcher
2006-09-25 19:50 ` Mick
2006-09-25 20:07 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-09-25 20:52 ` Philip Webb
2006-09-25 21:45 ` Mick [this message]
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2006-09-25 11:37 Öhler, Alessandro
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2006-09-25 23:58 ` Peter Wu
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