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Subject: [ale] vi question
From: brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:37:54 -0500
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On 02/24/2010 04:51 PM, Avery Ceo wrote:
> Your distribution probably aliases 'vi' to 'vim'.  Try adding "set
> noshowmatch" in ~/.vimrc and see if that fixes it.  It isn't a new
> feature, probably a change in the default settings for your distro.

Alternately, add 'set nocompatible' in ~/.vimrc to ensure you're
enjoying the many advantages vim has over vi!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)#Features_and_improvements_over_vi

-- 
All the best,
Brian Pitts

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