[oi-dev] Making VIM run in a modern mode by default

[Aurélien Larcher]

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Volker A. Brandt <vab at bb-c.de> wrote:

> Hello Denys!
>
>
> > VIM runs in non-compatible mode by default on many if not all Linux
> > distributions and frankly I see no reasons why would someone want to
> > have it in "compatible" mode.
>
> Because this is not Linux, and the "system" vi should be as close to
> the original Solaris vi it replaced.
>
> Why can't you just set that for your user account?  What is the gain?
> Remember that the system vi may be used in a limited environment,
> such as a serial system console.  Don't fix things that aren't broken.
>

I guess the real issue at the beginning is "vi" being a symlink to "vim"
and thus pretending being something it is not.


>
>
> Regards -- Volker
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