On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, David C. Rankin<drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 22 June 2009 02:36:26 am Allan McRae wrote: >> 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 > > Thanks Tobias and Allan, > > That is just what I needed to know! The whole point of using testing is.. you should have known that already. :) -- Greg
