Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!?
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:52:30
Message-Id:	`200609252245.21109.michaelkintzios@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] how to get vi!? by Philip Webb

1	On Monday 25 September 2006 21:52, Philip Webb wrote:
2	> 060925 Mick wrote:
3	> > On Monday 25 September 2006 16:53, Timo Boettcher wrote:
4	> >> Even though I am sure the OP meant vim, vim is NOT vi.
5	> >
6	> > How does one get Vi?
7	> > I thought that it comes with any vanilla Linux installation.
8	>
9	> More likely a BSD or IRIX. If you really want olde worlde Vi,
10	> Vim has a setting to make it so, but why would anyone want that ?
11
12	All I can think is that Vim is larger than Vi and on tiny little systems it
13	could make a difference. I am not sure why the OP is looking for Vi.
14	--
15	Regards,
16	Mick