# we need to use which twice - first for checking if
# the command doesn't fail, the use it if doesn't fail
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 when founded vim and vi are in expected dirs from distro
      alias vi vim
      alias view 'vim -R'
      breaksw
  case -/usr/bin/vi:
      # apply only if founded vi is in expected dir from distro
      alias vim vi
      breaksw
endsw
 
# just in case
unset vim_cond
unset vi_cond