[TriLUG] one more fresh system question: vi weird

[Brian Henning]

Brilliant!  Edge is Debian, but so is Ubuntu (more or less), so the same 
applies.  My 'update-alternatives --display vi' output:

vi - status is auto.
  link currently points to /usr/bin/nvi
/usr/bin/nvi - priority 30
  slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nvi.1.gz
/usr/bin/vim - priority 20
  slave vi.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/nvi.

So you're correct.  'vi' is pointing at nvi, and not vim (though vim is 
also present on the system, as you can see).  I'm going to just 
uninstall nvi, but for curiosity's sake, short of removing it, what's 
the right way to repoint 'vi' such that 'update-alternatives' is aware 
of it?

Thanks a ton!  That was the last major piece of this puzzle.  Things are 
pretty much back to normal now.

~Brian

Steven Blanchard wrote:
> Just curious, but are you really in vim? It sounds like you are in nvi
> or a similar vi clone.  Edge is ubuntu, right? Try running
> 'update-alternatives --display vi' to be certain you have vim.  If you
> are in vim, maybe a 'set nocompatible' will fix it.  Other than that,
> I am stumped.
> 
> As for INSERT, etc I think that is vim specific and enabled using 'set 
> showmode'
> 
> Cheers,
> ~Steven
>