vi command terminated

cmnorton · 02-11-2008, 05:57 PM

I am trying to figure out why the following is happening.

I launch a database admin tool in an x-term. This product lets me write SQL scripts in an editor. When I choose vi as the editor. I get this message:

Command terminated
Press ENTER or type command to continue

When I press Enter, I get the full vi screen, and I can proceed with my task.

This behavior does not occur on Red Hat/rpm based systems, but occurs on Ubuntu systems. I am trying to figure out how to avoid this problem. BTW, emacs does not have this problem.

Any pointers or ideas would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
cmn

southsibling · 02-12-2008, 02:16 AM

I'm afraid that the following slim insight draws to the depths of my knowledge, but thought I would share it FWIW:

In [my] Mandrake 10.1, :"which vim" indicates a path of "/bin/vim"; whereas "which vi" yields "/usr/bin/vi". Both paths are shown in "echo $PATH". Either command works equally well for me.

You may want to explore whether your two OS' treat those queries differently. (Also, look up "man which".)

cmnorton · 02-12-2008, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by southsibling

I'm afraid that the following slim insight draws to the depths of my knowledge, but thought I would share it FWIW:

In [my] Mandrake 10.1, :"which vim" indicates a path of "/bin/vim"; whereas "which vi" yields "/usr/bin/vi". Both paths are shown in "echo $PATH". Either command works equally well for me.

You may want to explore whether your two OS' treat those queries differently. (Also, look up "man which".)

I'll check this out. tnx cmn