Bug 168010

Summary: /etc/profile.d/vim.sh don't applies to root user
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Sergio Basto <sergio>
Component: vimAssignee: Karsten Hopp <karsten>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Sergio Basto 2005-09-10 17:45:02 UTC 
Description of problem:


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Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install vim-enhanced
2.Log in and type 'alias'  Note that 'vi' is aliased to 'vim' correctly.
3.su -
4.as root user edit some .spec file
  
Actual results: vi was not aliased to vim and text isn't color coded


Expected results: vi should be aliased to vim and text is color coded


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Comment 1 Sergio Basto 2005-09-10 17:45:02 UTC 
Created attachment 118680 [details]
my propose patch
Comment 2 Karsten Hopp 2005-09-12 09:00:13 UTC 
using /bin/vi for users with UID < 100 including UID 0 is intentional and was
made by the request of many users. /usr/bin/vim won't work for sysadmins on many
cases, p.e. if /usr isn't mounted or is mounted via NFS and the NFS server is down.
/bin/vi will still work in those cases.
Comment 3 Sergio Basto 2005-09-14 01:10:03 UTC 
Sorry can't agree it that, because those are 1% of cases and those users should
use /bin/vi like you write.
The others 99% are losing the benefits of vim.
Comment 4 Karsten Hopp 2005-09-14 08:54:26 UTC 
Well, lets try another reasoning:
when root types 'vi', he will get a editor as it is defined in the POSIX standard.
'vim' on the other hand isn'T POSIX compatible.