On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:18:13 -0500 "H. Crissman" <hcrissman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 23 February 2005 13:22, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > > Please read my yesterday's reply. > > > > Alexander > > Good call. Sorry about that. How would I make vi=vim, ie alias? > > H. Crissman Put a line in files .bashrc and .bash_profile as follows: alias vi='vim' You'd have to do this for each user who wants to use vim instead of vi. Of course, you could just do without the alias and type "vim" rather than "vi". cheers, Robert