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Old 04-02-2009
Unix Emulator Cygwin
Hi,

I installed unix emulator cygwin, it does not allow me to open vi editor.

Can anybody know if cygwin supports vi.

if not can somebody please refer a good emulator.
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Old 04-02-2009
Did you install vi? What happens if you call vim instead of vi?
# 3  
Old 04-02-2009
Vi Command
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
Did you install vi? What happens if you call vim instead of vi?
I thought vi by default comes with unix
When i type vi or vim it gives the following error.

Code:
bash: vi: command not found 
bash: vim: command not found

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-03-2009 at 08:58 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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Old 04-02-2009
Unix on windows machine to practise
Quote:
Originally Posted by siquadri
I thought vi by default comes with unix
When i type vi or vim it gives the following error.

bash: vi: command not found
bash: vim: command not found

Please help me with this
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Old 04-02-2009
You need to run setup.exe and select vim to install the package.
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Old 04-03-2009
You can use Vim as external application
 
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