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Okay, so I've come across `vim.tiny` a few times now, what's the difference? Plain `vi` I can't seem to work out, the shortcuts I usually use all seem to be di
by bArray 8y ago
Okay, so I've come across `vim.tiny` a few times now, what's the difference?
Plain `vi` I can't seem to work out, the shortcuts I usually use all seem to be different?
- Abitingal 8y agoVim can be compiled as different versions, the bigger the version the more features it will have. I know that its described in Vims manual but I can't find it right now. Tiny versions don't include some useful features like visual mode and tabs. My guess is that vim.tiny is made to be a drop-in replacement for the old vi.
- majewsky 8y agovim-tiny differs from regular vim in how much stuff is compiled into it. Regular vim is actually quite hefty since it includes e.g. scripting bindings to Python, Perl, Lua, etc.; or support for X11 (which is useful even in a terminal for working with the X clipboard), and so on. If you have both vim and vim-tiny installed, you can use the command ":version" to compare which features have been compiled in.