Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Peter Wu]

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:20:11 +0200, "Patric Douhane" wrote:

> Hi Im using 2006.1 and it seems that vi isn't included.....how do I
> install it? Tried emerge vi but it's not found....

#emerge nvi


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RE: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Öhler, Alessandro]

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try vim, and you will get it.
 
*  app-editors/vim
      Latest version available: 7.0.17
      Latest version installed: 6.4
      Size of downloaded files: 17,991 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.vim.org/
      Description: Vim, an improved vi-style text editor
      License:     vim

Ciao
    AOE

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Hi Im using 2006.1 and it seems that vi isn't included.....how do I install it? Tried emerge vi but it's not found....
 
 
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[gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Patric Douhane]

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Hi Im using 2006.1 and it seems that vi isn't included.....how do I install it? Tried emerge vi but it's not found....


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Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Timo Boettcher]

Hi!

* Dirk Heinrichs <ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com> wrote:
> Am Montag, 25. September 2006 13:16 schrieb ext Patric Douhane:
> > Tried emerge vi but it's not found....
> You lost an "m", it's vim.

Even though I am sure the OP meant vim, vim is NOT vi. 
vim is "vi improved".
If you want to know the differences, try to get in one of
Sven Guckes famous texttools presentations.
We have seen him at lugmoe (www.lugmoe.de) and will try to
get him again *g*.

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Mick]

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On Monday 25 September 2006 16:53, Timo Boettcher wrote:

> * Dirk Heinrichs <ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 25. September 2006 13:16 schrieb ext Patric Douhane:
> > > Tried emerge vi but it's not found....
> >
> > You lost an "m", it's vim.
>
> Even though I am sure the OP meant vim, vim is NOT vi.
> vim is "vi improved".

Indeed.  How does one get Vi?  I thought that it comes with any vanilla Linux 
installation.
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Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Monday 25 September 2006 21:50, Mick wrote:
> Indeed.  How does one get Vi?  I thought that it comes with any vanilla
> Linux installation.

A bunch of packages including app-editors/vim provide vi (as well as vim in 
that case)... And the kernel doesn't provide any editors. Don't really get 
why anyone would want vi over vim. Vi really lacks some important features...

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Philip Webb]

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 ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?

[Mick]

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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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