[arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

Tobias Powalowski t.powa at gmx.de
Mon Jun 22 03:33:11 EDT 2009


Am Montag 22 Juni 2009 schrieb David C. Rankin:
> Listmates, Devs:
>
> 	I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. As part of the upgrade, vi
> was changed in a BIG way. (I could hardly use the thing and I have been
> using it for 20 years) The screen flashes when you double-escape, in insert
> mode if you move to colum 1 things go nuts, insert mode is changed into
> some kind of vampire. None of the normal key mappings work, and I can't get
> my beloved vi back by restoring the virc from the virc.pacnew - GGRrrrr :-(
>
> 	How do I make my vi return to normal? What's the trick? If restoring the
> virc and changing the settings has no effect (I even logged out and back)
> Wher are the magic settings now?
>
> 	And... if the version I have can't be made to behave like my normal vi/vim
> again, "Then what is the proper way to downgrade vi so I can get my friend
> back?
when using testing, install vim instead
greetings
tpowa
-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org
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