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

[Peter Tribble]

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 5:21 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.
>

If you want a true vi, why not use a true vi?

(On OI, it seems to be in /usr/xpg6/bin/vi - or even /usr/has/bin/vi for
the nostalgic.)

-- 
-Peter Tribble
http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
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