# This will avoid user defined aliases and possibly stuff defined earlier in the PATH.

# Redirecting is for the case when the binary is missing.

set vim_cond (command -v vim)

set vi_cond (command -v vi)

switch "$vim_cond-$vi_cond"

  case /usr/bin/vim-/usr/bin/vi

      # apply only if founded vim and vi are in the expected dir from distro

      function vi

        command vim $argv

      end

      function view

        command vim -R $argv

      end

  case -/usr/bin/vi

      # apply only when no vim is installed and founded vi is in the expected dir from distro

      function vim

        command read -p 'No vim found, using vi, press ENTER to continue' -n1 -t 20 -s && vi $argv

      end

end

# just in case

set -e vim_cond

set -e vi_cond