vim versus vim-tiny

Anyone knows what is different in vim-tiny versus the vim
package?
I'm guessing the former is smaller than the later, thus
it's presence
as the default installed package nowadays in Edgy.  But what
else is
missing from it?

In the last few days I was really wondering  why my arrow
keys didn't
work in vim in a gnome-console xterm in Edgy.   It got me
swearing  a
few times while editing some files and when trying to move
the cursor
around simply created some extra characters in the files
instead of
actually moving the cursor.

Then tonight I decided to install "vim", which
then redirected the
/usr/bin/vim command to the standard vim executable instead
of the
"tiny" one, and a miracle occured:   my arrow
keys are back 



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<quote who="Daniel Robitaille">

> Anyone knows what is different in vim-tiny versus the
vim package?
> I'm guessing the former is smaller than the later,
thus it's presence
> as the default installed package nowadays in Edgy.  But
what else is
> missing from it?

Additionally, even after installing vim on a fresh install,
the syntax
highlighting doesn't appear the same way using the same
.vimrc I use
elsewhere. Weird.

- Jeff

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Jeff Waugh wrote the following on 12.09.2006 08:38:
> <quote who="Daniel Robitaille">
> 
>> Anyone knows what is different in vim-tiny versus
the vim package?
>> I'm guessing the former is smaller than the later,
thus it's presence
>> as the default installed package nowadays in Edgy. 
But what else is
>> missing from it?
> 
> Additionally, even after installing vim on a fresh
install, the syntax
> highlighting doesn't appear the same way using the
same .vimrc I use
> elsewhere. Weird.
> 
> - Jeff

maybe thatīs because edgy has allready vim 7, whereas dapper
still has
vim 6.4?

just loud thinking

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Daniel Robitaille wrote the following on 12.09.2006 08:23:
> Anyone knows what is different in vim-tiny versus the
vim package?
> I'm guessing the former is smaller than the later,
thus it's presence
> as the default installed package nowadays in Edgy.  But
what else is
> missing from it?
> 
> In the last few days I was really wondering  why my
arrow keys didn't
> work in vim in a gnome-console xterm in Edgy.   It got
me swearing  a
> few times while editing some files and when trying to
move the cursor
> around simply created some extra characters in the
files instead of
> actually moving the cursor.
> 
> Then tonight I decided to install "vim",
which then redirected the
> /usr/bin/vim command to the standard vim executable
instead of the
> "tiny" one, and a miracle occured:   my
arrow keys are back 

$ sudo update-alternatives --all

then you can select which one to use

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Op ma, 11-09-2006 te 23:23 -0700, schreef Daniel Robitaille:
> Anyone knows what is different in vim-tiny versus the
vim package?
> I'm guessing the former is smaller than the later,
thus it's presence
> as the default installed package nowadays in Edgy.  But
what else is
> missing from it?
> 
> In the last few days I was really wondering  why my
arrow keys didn't
> work in vim in a gnome-console xterm in Edgy.   It got
me swearing  a
> few times while editing some files and when trying to
move the cursor
> around simply created some extra characters in the
files instead of
> actually moving the cursor.
> 
> Then tonight I decided to install "vim",
which then redirected the
> /usr/bin/vim command to the standard vim executable
instead of the
> "tiny" one, and a miracle occured:   my
arrow keys are back  

AFAIK 'vim-tiny' is a very basic build of 'vim' with
most optional
features disabled, so that it is functionally pretty close
to the
original 'vi'.

You could say it's "vim de-improved"...  


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