On 12/6/06, Shahed wrote: >> Dear All, >> I am a new user of cygwin to practice the linux/unix commands in the window. >> But i am unable to use the vi or vim command. I downloaded the vim-7.0.tar > file. Now what should i do as there is no exe file.... >> Can anyone please help me? >> Best regards, >> Shahed > -- You should not just download the vim tar file. What you need to do is run the Cygwin setup utility (http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe) and tell it to install vim for you. It will take care of the messy details. -Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/