vi -> vim alias under red hat 7.3

sancho5 · 08-30-2002, 03:05 PM

This is driving me nutz now. Does anyone know where vi is being aliased to vim under 7.3? I try to override it under my .bashrc file but it won't go. I've looked at /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc and nothing.

$ alias |grep vi
alias vi='vim'

$ which vi
alias vi='vim'
/usr/bin/vim

TIA

lopezjo49 · 08-30-2002, 03:10 PM

try a
"whereis vi" to see if it's sym linked to vim

mikeshn · 08-30-2002, 04:10 PM

Red hat finally dropped pico editor. BTW, vim is very nice editor .. I like it

sancho5 · 09-01-2002, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lopezjo49
try a
"whereis vi" to see if it's sym linked to vim

No, /bin/vi is its own file - vi is being aliased to vim (see original post). I just can't for the life of me figure out where from, so that I can kill it.

Vim is great, but It looks terrible to have syntax coloring on a dark background.

KayJay · 09-02-2002, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sancho5
Vim is great, but It looks terrible to have syntax coloring on a dark background.

then shut that off, look in ~/.vimrc or ~/.viminfo somethign