Configure Default Settings of vi editor
To change the default settings of vi editor, we have to configure the vi editor configuration file (.vimrc), to configure the default settings follow the below steps,
- Open the file in vi editor to configure it
vi ~/.vimrc
- Configure the default setting as per your requirements,
- For example, if you want to display the line numbers by default when you open the vi editor add the command set number
- When you are done with configuration Press Esc to exit the insert mode
- Use :wq command to save the changes and exit the editor
Make the VI Editor Display or Hide Line Numbers
In this article, we will cover how to make the vi editor display or hide line numbers. First, we look at what Linux and VI editor and why we use them, what are its features and how can we use them followed by various options to make the vi editor display or hide line numbers and how we can change the default settings of vi editor to display or hide line numbers.
Linux
Linux was developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991 as a hobby project. It is an open-source (source code that can be used by anyone freely) kernel that is most popular and widely used in the industry as well as in personal systems. There are various operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the popular Linux distributions are Ubuntu, Cent OS, Red Hat, Debian, and Kali Linux.
VI Editor
Vi Editor is a widely used text editor in Unix/Linux systems and is known for its efficiency and flexibility. Vi editor was developed in 1976 by Bill Joy and later in 1991, an improved version of Vi editor was released which is known as VI IMproved (VIM). There are two modes in Vi Editor:
- Insert Mode
- Command Mode