FC3.i386 Today I finally got tired of using a very wimpy, thin VI editor than I am used too. Our other servers run a vi editor that has all sorts of features, some of which I love, being the autocmd's and coloring. So, I do: [bink]# vi --version VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Oct 19 2004 17:19:36) Included patches: 1-21, 23-24, 26, 28-30 Tiny version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): BAH! So... I hit yum with a search, and see I need vim-enhanced: [bink]# yum install vim-enhanced (Which of course installs the vim-common dependency) However, when I do a version check on vi again, its still the same! So I thought "Yum didn't do anything?" Out of curiosity... I do a whereis on "vim" ... I have never actually ever had to type "vim" as the command to use the editor, neither here on this Fedora box, nor on our redhat, and yellowdog boxes. I looked at the file anyhow, and did: [bink]# vim --version VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Jan 11 2005 10:59:56) Included patches: 1-21, 23-24, 26, 28-34, 36-37, 39-40, 42-43, 45-46, 49-51, 54 Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): Ok... So it DID install, but then why is there an old 'vi' still lingering, and it wasn¹t changed with the new code? I guess I am confused by this program and how it is supposed to be installed. I would have figured yum put the files in the right place, and adjust what needed to be adjusted for it to work as expected. So... What could I do at this point? Do I simply "mv /usr/bin/vim /bin/vi" ? Or is that like the worst thing I could do, hehehe. Or, worst yet... Retrain my fingers to type "vim" instead of "vi" ?? OMG NO! -Randall Shaw
