[PLUG] vi problem on Redhat 7.2
Steve Beattie
steve at wirex.net
Fri Jun 21 22:40:07 UTC 2002
On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 02:51:25PM -0700, Curtis Poe wrote:
> Thanks, but I already tried that. Says "command not found". Our admin
> assures me that we don't actually have vi on the box and vi is, in fact,
> vim. Since it identifies itself as vim and all of its documentation is for
> vim, I assume that this is, in fact, the case. Typing "man vi":
>
> VIM(1)
> ...blah, blah, blah...
>
> Since it's behaving like vi, I assume that this is why it's using
> vi-emulation mode.
You currently have the vim-minimal package installed which provides
stock vi support. Your admin needs to install the vim-enhanced package
which includes support for stuff like :syntax on.
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