Re: compile of 9.8 failed

[Chris Green]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 03:16:44PM +0100, joerg van den hoff wrote:
> 
> > If you don't have a [f]lex that vile likes you won't be able to build
> > built-in syntax filters.
> 
> understood. that one I had fixed by installing flex individually.
> > 
> 
> again, thanks a lot for your help! I can now active `alias vi=vile' and 
> EDITOR=vile in my .kshrc and 
> be happy again.
> 
Excellent, I'm glad it all worked out.

If you investigate 'alternatives' (man update-alternatives) you can
make vile your vi for everyone and everything, including root.  It's
handy for root at least so that you get vile when editing config files
and such in /etc.

-- 
Chris Green