Numbers of lines are missing in vi editor

[ccc]

Hi

I'd like to reinstall the vi editor on FreeBSD 8.4, because numbers of lines are missing.

 

[chatwizrd]

There is editors/vim

If you mean the base vi that comes with the source code you would have to install that from /usr/src/usr.bin/vi.

 

[ccc]

Thx Thanks, I've reinstalled vim from ports, but numbers of lines are still missing. Howto How to enable them?

 

[ccc]

This problem is solved now! If you need numbers every time you start vi/vim:
# vi ~/.exrc and append the following line:

set number

 

[trh411]

Put the following statement:

set number

in your ~/.vimrc file.

 

[Beastie]

That's one of those essential options I like to have set system-wide in /etc/vi.exrc:

set leftright
set number
set ruler
set showmode

 

[ccc]

Yep, but I really don't like to have these numbers on the left site. I like to have them down, like on Linux. Is it possible to have it the Linux way?

 

[Beastie]

The ruler option mentioned above shows the current line and column on the bottom of the screen.

 

[ccc]

Thanks, using just:

set ruler
set showmode

in /etc/vi.exrc is exact what I want!