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For the typical use of Vim, it's perfect: $ vim filename

• jlgreco 14y ago
  It breaks down when you use it in other common ways, like from your git configuration.
  • johncoltrane 14y ago
    You can't use vim anyway in git: you must give it the full path.
    • jlgreco 14y ago
      No, just 'vim' itself is fine, if you have a 'vim' in your PATH. https://github.com/search?q=%27editor+%3D%27++extension%3A.gitconfig&type=Code&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?q=%27editor+%3D%27++extension%3A.g... What I usually do is maintain a set of symlinks in ~/bin/ (which is in my PATH) if they are not already in my PATH (or if I want them to override something else in my PATH, like HEAD builds of various things on occasion), and only use aliases to set default arguments (`ls --color=auto` for example).
      • johncoltrane 14y ago
        No. On Mac OS X, using `vim` generally causes this error: error: There was a problem with the editor 'vi' The full path must be used to get rid of it.