On 12/22/2000 12:06, Mike Pfleger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Carl!
> 
> Can't comment on Woody, but I have seen this in Hail, whichever version
> you guys were handing out at the VLUG meetings.  My default vi-type
> editor was vile.  I changed it to vim and the problem went away.  I
> suppose there is a config for vile lurking about somewhere, but I think
> I like vim better anyway.  I looked in /etc/alternatives and found the
> following symlink:
> vi --> /usr/bin/vile
> which I changed to
> vi --> /usr/bin/vim
> and no more annoying characters, and I have now configured things
> happily in /etc/vimrc.
> 
> Is that even remotely helpful to you in Woody?

It may indeed. I'll have to take a look. I don't have my woody drive in at
present. Went back to my production Storm drive to do some programming. I'll
check it out soon though. I did notice that on my production drive, vi is
actually nvi. I really need to change it to vim.

Thanks for the tip.

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