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Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 13:36:09 -0400
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Subject: Re: Cygwin package vim breaks the command 'view'
To: andkin773 AT fanclub DOT pm
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From: Lee via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM andkin773--- via Cygwin
<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think I found a problem in the Cygwin package vim.
> The same symptom has been reported earlier to both vim and Cygwin, but I think the problem has not yet been found.
> https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2025-January/257202.html
> https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17039

I think I ran into the same problem - my work-around was to make
vi.exe point to vim.exe

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root None 7 Apr  3 10:30 /usr/bin/vi -> vim.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 3656723 Jan 27 13:58 /usr/bin/vim
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root Administrators 6 Feb 19 00:09 /usr/bin/view -> vi.exe
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root Administrators 6 Feb 19 00:09 /usr/bin/ex -> vi.exe
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root Administrators 6 Feb 19 00:09 /usr/bin/rvi -> vi.exe
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root Administrators 6 Feb 19 00:09 /usr/bin/rview -> vi.exe

I don't remember what I was doing that caused the issue... something
with git?  In any case, I had an alias for vi pointing to vim and the
alias was ignored(???) or something and it was really annoying having
all those error messages coming out every time.

for what it's worth:
$ cygcheck -c | grep vim
vim                                     9.1.1054-1                    OK
vim-common                              9.1.1054-1                    OK
vim-doc                                 9.1.1054-1                    OK
vim-minimal                             9.1.1054-1                    OK

Regards,
Lee


> REPRODUCTION:
> 1. Install Cygwin and add package vim. I have:
>   $ cygcheck -c | grep vim
>   vim                  9.1.1054-1                   OK
>   vim-common           9.1.1054-1                   OK
>   vim-doc              9.1.1054-1                   OK
>   vim-minimal          9.1.1054-1                   OK
>
> 2. Run 'view'. this gives many errors:
>   $ view
>   Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim91/filetype.vim:
>   line   11:
>   E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: let did_load_filetypes = 1
>   line   14:
>   E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: let s:cpo_save = &cpo
>   line   48:
>   E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: func s:StarSetf(ft)
> etc.
>
>
> PROBLEM:
> Package vim-minimal installs 'tiny' vim and some symlinks:
>   usr/bin/ex -> vi.exe
>   usr/bin/rvi -> vi.exe
>   usr/bin/rview -> vi.exe
>   usr/bin/vi.exe
>   usr/bin/view -> vi.exe
>
> Package vim and vim-common install 'huge' vim and filetype.vim:
>   /usr/share/vim/vim91/filetype.vim
> Tiny vim will attempt to read this file, but it has no builtin support for it.
>
> Perhaps an ideal solution would make tiny vim start without errors, but I don't see how that is feasible.
> I don't want to uninstall vim-minimal because it is a default package for Cygwin.
> Also, I think it would not solve the problem, it would just remove the commands ex, rvi, rview, view.
>
>
> Package 'vim' hides tiny 'vi' with with an alias to run vim instead:
>   $ cat /etc/profile.d/vim.sh
>   if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
>     # for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set
>     alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim
>   fi
>
> However, there are no aliases for ex, rvi, rview, view.
> These commands will still run tiny vim and report errors about filetype.vim.
>   $ view --version | grep " Features included"
>   Tiny version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
>
>
> PROPOSED SOLUTION:
> Package vim should provide aliases for ex, rvi, rview, view in /etc/profile.d/vim.sh:
>   if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
>     # for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set
>     alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim
>
>     alias ex    >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias ex=vim -e
>     alias rvi   >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias rvi=vim -Z
>     alias rview >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias rview=vim -RZ
>     alias view  >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias view=vim -R
>   fi
>
> (See :help vim-arguments)
> Also update and vim.csh and vim.fish.
>
>
> WORKAROUND:
> I temporarily added these aliase to my .bashrc.
>
>
> Regards,
> Coen
>
>
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