On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:51:29 -0700, Micah Cowan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As at least one person has noted, there are many users who expect a
> vi-compatible program when they type "vi" at the command-line. When this
> isn't what you want, you really should consider changing your habit to
> use vim, as that way you are sure to get a featureful vim, if one is
> installed ("vi" could get you any one of a number of programs, depending
> on the system you're on).
When I first used Vim I hated the way it made the text I was replacing
vanish instead of showing me what I was overwriting, and I almost gave
up on Vim before I discovered that it was possible to make it preserve
the behaviour I was accustomed to.
When using Vim on Unix I never rely on the system vimrc. I make a
point of setting every option I want in my personal configuration
files. I also have my own zsh alias from vi to vim so I know exactly
what I'm getting.
--
Matthew Winn
