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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-7.3.1152-1


On Dec  9 13:34, Frank Fesevur wrote:
> 2013/12/9 BjÃrn Kautler:
> > I don't have a problem with being mean.
> > Everyone makes mistakes.
> > I just wonder that it gets broken silently without obvious (to me) reason
> > and a question regarding it and with two proposed solutions just stays
> > ignored while it would be very easy to fix.
> 
> To me, the best way to fix these problems is simple: start using
> alternatives again just like before vim-7.3.943-1. It makes everybody
> happy. You don't need to know if just vim-minimal or the full vim is
> installed. And whether you are used to typing "vi" or "vim", both
> commands start the best available version of vim.
> 
> I don't understand why it was removed anyway. I brought up the
> question before and never got an answer.

The new vim layout closely reflects the Fedora packaging.  It has a
minimal vi in the vim-minimal package and a full-featured vim in the
vim-enhanced package.  I'm using a vi -> vim alias on Fedora for ages.


Corinna

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