ralph wrote:
Hi Paul,
An aside: Does any package other than vim provide /usr/bin/vi? I
think the command might be `dnf provides /usr/bin/vi'. I expect
it's a bunch of different sized vim-based packages.
vile is another vi alternative, on all linux distributions, and at
least some of the XXXXbsd distros.
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vile/blob/master/f/vile.spec provides
/usr/bin/vile.
i'd bet nvi is also available everywhere, though i haven't checked
that, since i don't use it.
Yes, I checked
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/nvi/blob/master/f/nvi.spec and it
provides /usr/bin/nvi, not .../vi.
i thought we were talking about (the fedora equivalent of)
/etc/alternatives, not installed pathname:
$ update-alternatives --list vi
/usr/bin/levee
/usr/bin/nvi
/usr/bin/vile
/usr/bin/vim.basic
/usr/bin/vim.tiny
(i've never tried levee -- i only just now installed it to make the list
longer. ;-)
surely the nmh package requirement isn't on a a specific provider of
{/usr}/bin/vi, is it? i guess i would have never noticed, since vim
is always present before i install vile, and i never bother removing it.
paul
(I was unable to find a web-based equivalent of Debian's or Ubuntu's
package search for Fedora.)
ubuntu provides elvis, but i think it's more of a toy at this point.
Not at the above web site. And there was Stevie, vim's ancestor.
That's not there either.
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