[TriLUG] Re: one more fresh system question: vi weird

[Rick DeNatale]

On 5/11/06, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> Brilliant!  Edge is Debian, but so is Ubuntu (more or less), so the same
> applies.  My 'update-alternatives --display vi' output:
>
> vi - status is auto.
>   link currently points to /usr/bin/nvi
> /usr/bin/nvi - priority 30
>   slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nvi.1.gz
> /usr/bin/vim - priority 20
>   slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
> Current `best' version is /usr/bin/nvi.
>
> So you're correct.  'vi' is pointing at nvi, and not vim (though vim is
> also present on the system, as you can see).  I'm going to just
> uninstall nvi, but for curiosity's sake, short of removing it, what's
> the right way to repoint 'vi' such that 'update-alternatives' is aware
> of it?

update-alternatives --configure vim

Or something close. I'm posting this from an iMac at Schlotzkys
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