Not sure what you are trying to accomplish, but try this command-line option with vim.
-+- man vim -+- -C Compatible. Set the 'compatible' option. This will make Vim behave mostly like Vi, even though a .vimrc file 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 > > > 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" <brian at dessent dot net> wrote in message > news: 40368B56.4ABE506D at dessent dot net... > > 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 > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/