Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us (Fred Smith)
Subject:	Re: New User : Vi
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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:09:58 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Richard Ward (garbage DOT collection AT dial DOT pipex DOT com) wrote:
: I have just started programming again after a 18 month break and I am
: having problems due tom the fact that I was learnt on a Unix machine
: running Vi.

: Does anyone know if Vi has been ported over to the PC, this is a great
: editor and has many useful commands such as linking the Control keys
: (F1, etc) into compiling the code and running programs.

VI will never be ported to DOS, it is part of the Unix (formerly AT&T)
code base and is not available.

But there are several good clones (workalikes) of vi available, the
three most popular being VIM, Elvis, and VILE. The one I use most (I use
it as my standard editor at work (on SCO Unix and Windoze95) and at home
(on Linux and DOS), is Elvis. Elvis is up to version 2.0 with a beta
test version 2.1h currently available. (I use 2.1h everywhere, have no
problems with it).  Elvis can be obtained from:

	ftp://cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis

where there is source code as well as DOS and Windoze(95/NT) executables.

Also, in :

	ftp://cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/unreleased

are the equivalent files for the 2.1h beta version.

I'm sure others will tell you where to find VIM or VILE (I don't happen
to have that info committed to memory).

Fred
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---- Fred Smith -- fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us -----------------------------
                      The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, 
                    keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------

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