On 09/04/18 07:44 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 18:57:34 -0400 ken <gebser@mousecar.com> wrote:
David, you seem to have missed the thrust of my post. First, all the symlinks for both vi and vim point to the same executable.
Yes, that's correct. The executable is vim, but if you call it using the name 'vi' then it changes its behaviour a bit. See it's documentation for details.
And various others: # ls -li /usr/bin/*vim /usr/bin/vi 2240457 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 17 12:35 /usr/bin/egvim -> gvim 2233645 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 17 12:35 /usr/bin/evim -> gvim 2236789 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2669008 Jul 2 2017 /usr/bin/gvim 2230148 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2597280 Jan 17 10:22 /usr/bin/nvim 2236792 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 17 12:35 /usr/bin/rgvim -> gvim 2234333 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 17 11:32 /usr/bin/rvim -> vim 2228964 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 17 11:32 /usr/bin/vi -> /bin/vim 2234302 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 17 11:32 /usr/bin/vim -> /bin/vim ? nvim ? Information for package neovim: ------------------------------- Repository : openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update Name : neovim Version : 0.2.0-3.1 Arch : x86_64 Vendor : openSUSE Installed Size : 14.3 MiB Installed : Yes Status : up-to-date Source package : neovim-0.2.0-3.1.src Summary : Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility Description : Neovim is a refactor - and sometimes redactor - in the tradition of Vim, which itself derives from Stevie. It is not a rewrite, but a continuation and extension of Vim. Many rewrites, clones, emulators and imitators exist; some are very clever, but none are Vim. Neovim strives to be a superset of Vim, notwithstanding some intentionally removed misfeatures; excepting those few and carefully-considered excisions, Neovim is Vim. It is built for users who want the good parts of Vim, without compromise, and more.
And that's not correct. Something in your installation is broken. People like Carlos are trying to help you find out exactly what.
I *expect* my system to be broken when I start arbitrarily mucking around with it, but NOT like that and not something as basic as VI or, ${DEITY} forbid, BASH. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org