Debian and vi (upgrade needed!)

bc-opus · 07-23-2009, 11:38 PM

I just installed Debian on my home PC:
I feel like the victim in an abusive relationship and am trying to leave MS forever.

The vi (vim) editor on Debian does not support syntax highlighting and formatting. Will someone tell me where/how to download/install a more robust version of vi please.

MTIA (Many Thanks In Advance)

Bloom County Opus (bc-opus)

jdkaye · 07-24-2009, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bc-opus

I just installed Debian on my home PC:
I feel like the victim in an abusive relationship and am trying to leave MS forever.

The vi (vim) editor on Debian does not support syntax highlighting and formatting. Will someone tell me where/how to download/install a more robust version of vi please.

MTIA (Many Thanks In Advance)

Bloom County Opus (bc-opus)

I don't really understand. vim does support syntax highlighting and loads of other stuff. I pasted this text from man vim

Quote:

There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi level undo, multi windows
and buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing, filename comple-
tion, on-line help, visual selection, etc.. See ":help vi_diff.txt" for a
summary of the differences between Vim and Vi.

Just run as root

Code:

aptitude install vim

and you're all set.
cheers,
jdk

bc-opus · 07-24-2009, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye

I don't really understand. vim does support syntax highlighting and loads of other stuff. I pasted this text from man vim

I guess the standard Debain install uses a "tiny" install for vim that doesn't include some functionality.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye

Just run as root

Code:

aptitude install vim

and you're all set.
cheers,
jdk

Thanks, that aptitude thing is very cool!
I'm off and running!

jdkaye · 07-24-2009, 01:48 AM

Great news! Have fun.

jdk