[TriLUG] Re: FC3 changes

Lance A. Brown lance at bearcircle.net
Wed Feb 23 12:08:35 EST 2005


> I do have those lines in /etc/vimrc but it is still all white when I sudo vi a 
> file? What changes when sudo? Does it not pull from the global config 
> in /etc/vimrc?

Most likely, vi is actualy an alias for vim.  When you 'sudo vi fubar', the 
sudo isn't picking up the alias so you actually run 'vi' instead of 'vim'.

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