VIM Undo Command

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VIM Undo Command

Supreme

2008-12-02 09:16:43 UTC

I have a odd issue with vim. The undo last action command which is (u)
does not work in vi. The undo all changes command (Shift+u) works just
fine. Anyone ever run into this problem or know how I can fix this
issue. This problem is related to all the user on the system not just
one user. This is the error I get when I try to use the undo command:
"'u' is not implemented" . I am using version 7.2.021 of vim. I have
this same version installed on a 64 bit version of Gentoo and I am not
seeing this problem.

J.J.

Nicolas Sebrecht

2008-12-07 08:57:22 UTC

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Post by Supreme
"'u' is not implemented" . I am using version 7.2.021 of vim. I have
this same version installed on a 64 bit version of Gentoo and I am not
seeing this problem.

Do you have gvim installed ? If so, do you get the same issue ?
I would check the /usr/share/vim/vimrc file first.

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Nicolas Sebrecht

Supreme

2008-12-07 17:15:39 UTC

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Thanks for your reply, 
 
I dont have gvim installed. I'll install it and see if I get the same
error. 
 
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<pre wrap=""> This is the error I get when I try to use the undo command:
"'u' is not implemented" . I am using version 7.2.021 of vim. I have
this same version installed on a 64 bit version of Gentoo and I am not
seeing this problem.
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Do you have gvim installed ? If so, do you get the same issue ?
I would check the /usr/share/vim/vimrc file first.

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smallnow

2008-12-07 23:37:58 UTC

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do you have a ~/.vimrc?
Try
:map u
and see if there is a mapping.

- Ian

Post by Supreme
Thanks for your reply,
I dont have gvim installed. I'll install it and see if I get the same error.

Supreme

2008-12-08 13:18:48 UTC

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I went ahead and installed gvim as Nicolas suggested. I did not have
any problems undoing changes in gvim. After further investigation I
only have this problem when I run vi. If I do vim undo works also. The
only thing I have in my home dir that's related to vi is .viminfo which
a history file. 
 
J.J. 
 
smallnow wrote:
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<pre wrap="">do you have a ~/.vimrc?
Try
:map u
and see if there is a mapping.

- Ian

Supreme wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for your reply,

I dont have gvim installed. I'll install it and see if I get the same error.
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2008-12-08 13:21:59 UTC

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Post by Supreme
I went ahead and installed gvim as Nicolas suggested. I did not have
any problems undoing changes in gvim. After further investigation I
only have this problem when I run vi. If I do vim undo works also. The
only thing I have in my home dir that's related to vi is .viminfo
which a history file.
J.J.

Post by smallnow
do you have a ~/.vimrc?
Try
:map u
and see if there is a mapping.
- Ian

Post by Supreme
Thanks for your reply,
I dont have gvim installed. I'll install it and see if I get the same error.

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Stroller

2008-12-09 12:45:16 UTC

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Post by KH
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Could I possibly ask you to refrain from making replies to the list
with this as the only contribution?

I refer also to your posts of 3 December 2008 09:09:59 GMT & 24
October 2008 08:48:20 BST.

I see now that on this occasion you've been sensible enough to add to
the subject line, but my initial assumption is that this is a "bug" of
some sort and that some idiot has replied with only their signature.
It is clearly very irritating to have to scroll through a whole long
message of unabridged quoted text, to find nothing relevant to the
subject.

I personally think that you'll never win the war against top-posting.
But then my personal grudge is against those who quote in the opposite
fashion to those who preceded them in the thread - I find a flow of
quoting that is interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short message
sections, all concise, clear and top-posted, that you replied to.

Stroller.

Nicolas Sebrecht

2008-12-09 20:46:50 UTC

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I find a flow of quoting that is
interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short message sections, all
concise, clear and top-posted, that you replied to.

Top-posting just sucks. Whole quoting too.

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Nicolas Sebrecht

Justin

2008-12-09 21:15:04 UTC

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Post by Nicolas Sebrecht

I find a flow of quoting that is
interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short message sections, all
concise, clear and top-posted, that you replied to.

Top-posting just sucks. Whole quoting too.

Dale

2008-12-09 21:21:26 UTC

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Post by Nicolas Sebrecht

I find a flow of quoting that is
interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short message sections, all
concise, clear and top-posted, that you replied to.

Top-posting just sucks. Whole quoting too.

+1

Dale

:-)

Nikos Chantziaras

2008-12-09 21:33:27 UTC

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Indeed :)

(Sorry, couldn't resist :P)

Post by Nicolas Sebrecht

I find a flow of quoting that is
interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short message sections, all
concise, clear and top-posted, that you replied to.

Top-posting just sucks. Whole quoting too.

+1
Dale
:-)

2008-12-10 11:05:36 UTC

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Post by Nikos Chantziaras
Indeed :)
(Sorry, couldn't resist :P)

Post by Nicolas Sebrecht

Post by Stroller
I find a flow of
quoting that is interrupted FAR less legible than the 3 short
message sections, all concise, clear and top-posted, that you
replied to.

Top-posting just sucks. Whole quoting too.

+1
Dale
:-)

rofl

Supreme

2008-12-08 13:40:43 UTC

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I solve the problem by creating a symbolic link from vim to vi. For
some reason vi symbolic link was pointed to //bin/busybox. Now
everything is working properly. 
 
***@Layered /usr/bin $ ls -lash vi* 
   0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   13 Nov 27 20:12 vi -> //bin/busybox 
   0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   13 Nov 27 20:12 view -> //bin/busybox 
4.0K -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.3K Nov 29 12:09 vigra-config 
2.5M -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.5M Nov 30 03:08 vim 
 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    3 Nov 30 03:08 vimdiff -> vim 
 
Thanks for your help. 
 
J.J. 
 
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I went ahead and installed gvim as Nicolas suggested. I did not have
any problems undoing changes in gvim. After further investigation I
only have this problem when I run vi. If I do vim undo works also. The
only thing I have in my home dir that's related to vi is .viminfo which
a history file. 
 
J.J. 
 
smallnow wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:***@gmail.com" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">do you have a ~/.vimrc?
Try
:map u
and see if there is a mapping.

- Ian

Supreme wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for your reply,

I dont have gvim installed. I'll install it and see if I get the same error.
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