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Old 04-16-2004
vim as command line editor

Here is my problem,

I manage a SunOs 5.8 Server, vi is the default command line
editor, I have a line on each users .kshrc profile as follows:

export EDITOR=/bin/vi

I want to use vim as the command line editor, the below line
doesn't work

export EDITOR=/bin/vim

Thank you
tony3101
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Old 04-16-2004
..............

hi,
cannot believe that your vim is under /bin/...
when you used your sun companion cd, vim is installed in /opt/sfw/bin/vim
greetings Preßy
 
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