Re: vim and basic .bashrc questions

[iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk>]

* Seneca (seneca-cunningham@rogers.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:37:13PM -0800, CM Miller wrote:
> > I like to do programming in the Linux environment
> > cause I love VIM.  I can run VIM as root, but not as
> > cmmiller.  
> 
> I've never had that problem with vim.  What happens when you try?
> 
> > Also, I have been able to set .bashrc preferences as
> > root, like "rm = rm -i".  This works for root, but not
> > for my user cmmiller.  
> > 
> > How can I make these changes for cmmiller as well? 
> 
> In ~cmmiller/.bash_profile uncomment:
> 
>   if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
>       source ~/.bashrc
>   fi
> 

however, this is a _BAD_IDEA_.

if you happen to sit down at a machine where this alias is not active,
and you think it is, guess what happens? :p

iain

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