VI vs VIM and why won't it update...

Randall Shaw fedora at randallshaw.com
Wed Jun 29 16:16:34 UTC 2005


William  wrote:
> I would guess that you didn't logout after installing vim-enhanced.  The
> magic happens via the /etc/profile.d/vim.* files that are installed as
> part of vim-enhanced.  They add an alias into the shell so that typing
> "vi" actually runs vim.

Alexander wrote:
> If vim-enhanced is installed, then vi is an alias to vim, so that when
> entering "vi" you will get "vim" with all the bells and whistles. Well,
> you have to re-login so that the profile is read in.


That was it... Yeah, I have a habit of staing logged in a bit more than I
should ;-)



Thanks guys, that cleared up my confusions! Works fine now (boy do I feel
stupid now!).



-Randall Shaw




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