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Old 07-31-2007
creating link to new vim
Hi,

I have installed vim 7 but I'm unsure how to point the 'vim' command to the new vim version rather than version 6.

Thanks in advance.

Michael
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Old 07-31-2007
It depends on where and how your original version was installed, and where an who the new version is installed.

On some systems /bin/vim ( /usr/bin/vim ) is a link in which case you delete the existing one and create a link to the new one. On others it is the actual binary in which case you can either put the new one in the PATH before the old one or an an alias to your profile for the one you want.
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Old 07-31-2007
reborg,

Thanks for your help, i've just added an alias in my profile as the original vim is a binary rather than a link so just pointed to the new one.

Cheers

Michael
 
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