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# 1  
Old 03-07-2008
Vi in Leopard
I read last night in MacWorld that Leopard included a new version of vi.

Is there a list somewhere of the changes? I use vi a lot.

Gale
# 2  
Old 03-10-2008
Vi in Leopard is a symbolic link to vim. Check out welcome home : vim online.
# 3  
Old 03-10-2008
Here is the version info according to CLI:
Code:
$ vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled Oct  5 2007 20:00:43)
Included patches: 234
Compiled by _mdnsresponder@leica.apple.com
Normal version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent 
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments 
+cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic 
-emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path 
+folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist
 -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu 
+mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm 
-mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme 
-netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +postscript +printer -profile 
-python +quickfix +reltime -rightleft -ruby +scrollbind -signs +smartindent 
-sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static 
-tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar 
+user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace 
+wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp 
-xterm_clipboard -xterm_save 
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -arch i386 -arch ppc -g -Os -pipe -mdynamic-no-pic -arch i386 -arch ppc -pipe        
Linking: 
gcc   -arch i386 -arch ppc             -o vim       -lncurses  -liconv

vim.org may have more info...
# 4  
Old 03-26-2008
Gale, would using vi possibly help with finding a solution for hiding the primary login account in OS X (10.5)? It's the new OS from Apple, called Leopard. Just curious.
# 5  
Old 09-05-2008
You may also want to get the latest Vim from Mac Vim (Again).

Google code has also released a stable version of Vim 7 (GUI) which is quite slick, altho I seem to find it slower than the gvim available from Mac Vim (Again).

macvim - Google Code
# 6  
Old 09-16-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by unimachead
Gale, would using vi possibly help with finding a solution for hiding the primary login account in OS X (10.5)? It's the new OS from Apple, called Leopard. Just curious.
I'm going to say it is not a requirement for "hiding the primary login account".

There are basic command line tools for this, but that is an entirely different thread subject.
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