In cmder, turn on "Use legacy console" in [Properties > Options] in Windows console window. See Aliases not working at all for details.
Then add vi=vim $* into C:\apps\cmder\config\user-aliases.cmd.
Here you must add $* after origin command,
or vi myfile will be transformed to vim.
My aliases definition:
l=ls --show-control-chars -F --color -la $*
ll=ls --show-control-chars -F --color -l $*
ls=ls --show-control-chars -F --color $*
pwd=cd
clear=cls
history=cat "%CMDER_ROOT%\config\.history"
cd=cd $*$Tautojump -i $Gnul
unalias=alias /d $1
cmderr=cd /d "%CMDER_ROOT%"
vi=vim $*
g="C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim80\gvim.exe" $*
np="C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" $*
gs=git status
ga=git add -A
gd=git diff $*
gl=git log --stat --decorate $*
glg=git log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'\''%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%ai%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)%n'\'\'' %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)'\'' --all
gci=git commit $*
dn=powershell -f C:\apps\cygRoot\home\lee_c\apps\dsnote\donshell.ps1 $*