Re: vi alternate problem

[Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>]

Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
>
> > One day I installed 'vim'.
> >
> > Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi'
> >
> > What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor?
>
>
> Hrm.  Post the output of 'update-alternatives --display vi' ideally
> you'd see something like
>
>  nnorman@lindon:~ $ update-alternatives --display vi
>  vi - status is auto.
>   link currently points to /usr/bin/vim
>  /usr/bin/nvi - priority 30
>   slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nvi.1.gz
>  /usr/bin/vim - priority 120
>   slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
>  Current `best' version is /usr/bin/vim.
>
> Which version of the vim package do you have installed?  Does 'vim'
> work?

BUSTED on line one:


vi - status is manual.
 link currently points to /bin/elvis-tiny
/usr/bin/nvi - priority 30
 slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nvi.1.gz
/usr/bin/vim - priority 120
 slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/vim.


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