Re: [luau] dummy vim question

[Ray Strode]

sometimes I like using the line numbering feature in vi, but hate the way
it's implemented in vim. Do you know if the minimal package you speak of
implements line numbering in the standard vi way?

Well, I've really only used vim, but I just tried vi on a SunOS box 
(uhunix2)

and line numbering seems to behave the same way.  You are referring to
:set number
yes?  


Vim does have a vi-compatibility mode that is on by default unless you have
a ~/.vimrc file.  you can force it on by

:set cp

But since I don't recognize any difference in behavior I can't tell you if
that makes a difference or not.

I guess the best way to find out if /bin/vi does what you want or not is to
just try it.


--Ray

Re: [luau] dummy vim question

[William N Luoma]

Hey Ray,

sometimes I like using the line numbering feature in vi, but hate the way
it's implemented in vim. Do you know if the minimal package you speak of
implements line numbering in the standard vi way?

best,
Bill

>
>
>Please keep the free world safe by
>telling me how to turn the damn syntax highlighting crap off forever.
>Please.  I just can't take it anymore.
>
>
As Myles said, you can turn syntax off with "syntax off" (or :syntax
off) in your ~/.vimrc, but
if you have the vim-minimal package installed then /bin/vi will also
contain a less featureful
version of vi (no support for syntax highlighting, no support for
multiple buffers, or split screen).

So in reality, you can use "vim" when you want all the features, and
"vi" when you want a minimal
editor.

--Ray

Re: [luau] dummy vim question

[Charles Lockhart]

Thank you, very, very much.  I didn't have a .vimrc or .gvimrc in either 
my home directory or in /usr/vim/share*, which was confusing me quite a 
bit.  So I just created a .vimrc in my user directory, added the syntax 
off string, all is well.


Again, thank you.

-Charles

Myles Uyema wrote:

Add the following to ~/.vimrc
syntax off

Re: [luau] dummy vim question

[Ray Strode]

Please keep the free world safe by
telling me how to turn the damn syntax highlighting crap off forever.
Please.  I just can't take it anymore.  
 

As Myles said, you can turn syntax off with "syntax off" (or :syntax 
off) in your ~/.vimrc, but
if you have the vim-minimal package installed then /bin/vi will also 
contain a less featureful
version of vi (no support for syntax highlighting, no support for 
multiple buffers, or split screen).


So in reality, you can use "vim" when you want all the features, and 
"vi" when you want a minimal

editor.

--Ray

Re: [luau] dummy vim question

[Myles Uyema]

Add the following to ~/.vimrc
syntax off

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Charles Lockhart wrote:
> I'm running rh7.3.  The default setting for vim is, or seems to be, having
> the syntax highlighting crap turned on (I thought it was supposed to be
> OFF by default).  And I keep looking, but I can't find the damn setup
> files.  I'm about to go postal.  Please keep the free world safe by
> telling me how to turn the damn syntax highlighting crap off forever.
> Please.  I just can't take it anymore.  

[luau] dummy vim question

[Charles Lockhart]

I'm running rh7.3.  The default setting for vim is, or seems to be, having
the syntax highlighting crap turned on (I thought it was supposed to be
OFF by default).  And I keep looking, but I can't find the damn setup
files.  I'm about to go postal.  Please keep the free world safe by
telling me how to turn the damn syntax highlighting crap off forever.
Please.  I just can't take it anymore.  

-Charles