On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:03:49 -0500, you wrote: System administrators might want to set up a system wide Vim installation, then add to the SYS$STARTUP:SYLOGICALS.COM $ define/nolog/sys VIM device:<path>* $ define/nolog/sys TMP SYS$SCRATCH* And to the SYS$STARTUP:SYLOGIN.COM $ vi*m :== mcr VIM:VIM.EXE* $ gv*im:== spawn/nowait/input=NLA0 mcr VIM:VIM.EXE -g -GEOMETRY 80x40* Never been a := or :== fan, I've always used = or == with double quotes, but it should work the same both ways. e.g. FOO == "BAR" instead of FOO :== BAR (that extends to end of line). But it isn't working. First of all I would check that everything is in place: $ SHO LOG VIM $ SHO LOG TMP $ SHO SYM VIM (with and without /GLOBAL) $ SHO SYM GVIM (ditto) G. :)