vi editing problem in Ubuntu8.1...

visitnag · 01-08-2009, 11:28 AM

Hi,

I worked earlier on RHEL4 and i didnot face any problem with vi there. Recently i am testing on Ubuntu8.1. Here i downloaded full version of vim and it is working good. I am facing one problem with vi in ubuntu. When i open a file in vi and do some editing then closing. If i open the file again the cursor is going to line 1, not where i left the file after editing it. for example, I edited line 10 of a file and closed it. When i reopen the same file in vi the cursor going to line 1 instead of line 10(it is not happening in RHEL4). Kindly help me.

Junior Hacker · 01-08-2009, 08:01 PM

VI or Vim, in /usr/share/doc/vim-common/doc are tons of documents explaining how-to with Vim. Open vim with command: vim and then type: :help to get a hint as to what is contained in each document.

chrism01 · 01-08-2009, 08:09 PM

Its possible in Ubuntu that if you say 'vi', you really get vi, instead of it being symlinked to vim as in RH systems...
Never used Ubuntu, so that's just an FYI possibility.

In my .vimrc, the relevant code seems to be

Code:

" Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
if has("autocmd")
  " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
  " Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
  " (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
  autocmd BufReadPost *
    \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
    \   exe "normal g`\"" |
    \ endif
endif " has("autocmd")

visitnag · 01-09-2009, 11:02 AM

Junior hacker..There is no such path in ubuntu vim.
chrism... i copied the code in ~/.vimrc.... but it didnot work.

SkinnerC · 01-09-2009, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visitnag

Junior hacker..There is no such path in ubuntu vim.
chrism... i copied the code in ~/.vimrc.... but it didnot work.

VIM help is not installed by default in Ubuntu.

beachboy2 · 01-09-2009, 11:27 AM

If I remember correctly, Ubuntu 8.10 does not have the full version of vim installed as standard.
To remedy this go to Terminal and type:

$ sudo apt-get install vim

Press Enter, give the password and press Enter.

Alternatively, install vim using Synaptic.

An excellent vim tutorial is here:

http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~dahl/teach...tml/index.html

At the expense of upsetting dyed-in-the-wool vi fanatics (apologies in advance), I recommend you use vim exclusively and drop vi.
vim is so much simpler and easier to use than vi. However, if you like a challenge then use vi.

visitnag · 01-18-2009, 10:23 AM

Hi all..

My problem is solved. I unquoted some lines("autocmd"....) in vimrc (/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/vimrc) and now it is working properly. Thanks to all...