Hi!
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:23:50 -0500, Travis wrote:
> Hi,
> My vi defaults to having the status line showing.
> This is interfering with my screen reading as I telnet to the machine.
Which vi? Are you talking about "vim", "elvis" or "vi"?
You should enter "which vi" and check if the "vi" is not
a symbolic link to "vim" or "elvis".
For instance, Slackware uses "elvis" by default. But "vim"
is also present and can be configured easily. Other systems,
such as the BSDs, use a version of "vi" which is almost the
original one. Many, many, many systems, such as Mandrake or
SuSE, use "vim" by default.
Anyway...
Under Slackware, which is what I use, here is what you should
enter:
(a) using elvis:
check the ".exrc" file of your "/home" directory and remove
all the lines that contain ":set ruler".
(b) using vim:
check the ".vimrc" file and remove all the lines that contain
"set ruler".
Close all sessions of vi/vim/elvis, restart the program and
you are all set.
Hope this helps!
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Gil Andre gandre@arkeia.com
Technical Writer
Arkeia Corp. http://www.arkeia.com