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

[Allan McRae]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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?
>   

The new "vi" is "nvi" which I agree is crap....  So you probably want to 
uninstall vi, install vim and symlink /usr/bin/vim to /usr/bin/vi. 
Probably have to change your config to /etc/vimrc but I am not sure 
about that.

Allan