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Re: What is nvi?



nvi is new vi, exist because original vi copyrighted and can not be 
redistributed. In this case, just install nvi

Just a suggestion: install vim (and vim-rt), more features.

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bpdp

On Tuesday 02 October 2001 3:04 pm, Lars Jensen wrote:
> I just did a dist-upgrade from potato to woody, and after that vi
> doesn't work. I get some error message like this:
>
> vi: wrapper couldn't execute /usr/bin/vi nor /bin/elvis-tiny
>
> Instead vi appears to have been replaced by nvi. Is nvi a replacement of
> vi? Why doesn't vi work?
>
> Lars.
>
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> Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999.
> Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: jensen@unr.nevada.edu



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