Re: using vim in stead of vi

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2003, A.J. Bonnema wrote:

> When I edit using an external editor, mc usually calls vi.  However,
> outside of mc or from C^o I get to use vim which has syntax coloring.
> Now using the menu option COMMAND/EDIT Extension file I was able to
> change the line for java from
>
>       Open %var{EDITOR:vi} %f to
>       Open %var{EDITOR:vim} %f
>
> but I got the same old vi (no syntax coloring).
>
> How can I accomplish this?

See comment in the beginning of that file:

#    Open (if the user presses Enter or doubleclicks it),
#
#    View (F3), Edit (F4)

You don't even need to enable external editor - it only affects files for
which the editor is defined.  So, if you put something like this:

shell/.java
        Open=emacs %f
        View=less %f
        Edit=vim %f

F4 will run vim, F3 will run less and Enter will run emacs.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin