Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:15:48 -0500 To: Geoff Appleby Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Editors Message-ID: <19991103001547.A21211@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: Geoff Appleby , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com References: <97E599244164D311843700C00D01033A1B4F6F@MASTER> <007401bf253c$b5658ce0$c201a8c0@orgl1.on.wave.home.com> <19991102123246.B20421@cygnus.com> <381F62CA.61BDB855@topic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <381F62CA.61BDB855@topic.com.au>; from Geoff Appleby on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 09:16:42AM +1100 On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 09:16:42AM +1100, Geoff Appleby wrote: >This is interestign actually. When I first installed cygwin, i noticed >there was no vi. So i figured it would be my first test of the >product, so i grabbed the source code for vim that was used for one of >our solaris boxes, untarred and made it. all worked fine, not a >problem, except for one strange thing - at the bottom of the screen it >always says "OOPS". Buggered if I know why. Then i installed inetd >and stuff, telnetted into the box and tried to vi something - nothing >happened. it was as if it froze. I hit control-c and i got a prompt >back, but was confused. then i discovered that the environment was >different for remote users, and was being pointed at the vi that comes >with the NT Resourrce Kit. Dodgy! :) Can only work locally. Anyway, >that's my two cents :) > >Chris Faylor wrote: >> >>If you want to use a VIM that is cygwin-aware, e.g., able to be used >>over telnet, understands cygwin paths, etc. you'll need to either use >>the VI that comes with the Cygwin CD ( http://www.cygnus.com/cygwin ) >>or download something from one of the links pointed to on the cygwin >>sourceware home page ported software page ( >>http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin ). Michael Weiser's site should >>hold a version of vim. Oops. I meant Michael Hirmke's site here, sorry Michael. I am sure that his vim will work fine with telnet without any "OOPS" problems. I know that the one on the CD does, to. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com