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vim vs. (original) vi, not vs. older versions of vim.

vim vs. (original) vi, not vs. older versions of vim.

Posted Aug 31, 2005 7:23 UTC (Wed) by Nickus (guest, #32179)
In reply to: vim vs. (original) vi, not vs. older versions of vim. by arcticwolf
Parent article: Vim's newest features (Linux.com)

One of the reasons why you may not touch the GNU utils is that they have a lot of extensions that simply won't work on other platforms native tools. For people living in a Linux only world it may not be a problem but the rest of us needs to take the rest of the world into account.


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GNU is not Linux (only)

Posted Aug 31, 2005 17:51 UTC (Wed) by AnswerGuy (guest, #1256) [Link]

You can use the GNU tools on virtually any version of UNIX.
They are not exclusive to Linux.

So, if you need the enhancements from GNU in your work and scripts
on $PROPRIETARY_UNIX then simply install the GNU suite on it.

(I routinely install the GNU tools suite on Solaris boxen when
I need to maintain them).

JimD


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