[luau] dummy vim question

William N Luoma luoma at hawaii.edu
Wed Oct 23 08:45:00 PDT 2002


Hey Ray,

sometimes I like using the line numbering feature in vi, but hate the way
it's implemented in vim. Do you know if the minimal package you speak of
implements line numbering in the standard vi way?

best,
Bill

>
>
>Please keep the free world safe by
>telling me how to turn the damn syntax highlighting crap off forever.
>Please.  I just can't take it anymore.
>
>
As Myles said, you can turn syntax off with "syntax off" (or :syntax
off) in your ~/.vimrc, but
if you have the vim-minimal package installed then /bin/vi will also
contain a less featureful
version of vi (no support for syntax highlighting, no support for
multiple buffers, or split screen).

So in reality, you can use "vim" when you want all the features, and
"vi" when you want a minimal
editor.

--Ray





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