On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 9:01 AM marco atzeri wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 6:04 AM Marco Atzeri wrote: > > > > On 20/12/2023 03:47, Beau James via Cygwin wrote: > > > This problem appeared with my most recent Cygwin update that included an > > > update to "vim". > > > > vi is usually an alias to vim > > > > $ alias | grep vi > > > > alias vi='vim' > > > > so you are in reality calling vim > > > > $ which vim > > /usr/bin/vim > > > > > > I am investigating the /usr/bin/vi issue > > > > -2 version should have solved the issue
I don't get any error or warning messages now but 'vi' still doesn't always get me the same thing: $ vi --version | head -5 VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 20 2023 06:57:02) Included patches: 1-2155 Modified by <cygwin@cygwin.com> Compiled by <cygwin@cygwin.com> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): $ /bin/sh $ vi --version | head -5 VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 20 2023 06:53:22) Included patches: 1-2155 Modified by <cygwin@cygwin.com> Compiled by <cygwin@cygwin.com> Tiny version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): Would you please let me know how to make an /etc/alternatives for vi/vim? I want 'vi' to always invoke 'vim' and everything I tried with alternatives failed :( Thanks Lee -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
