To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: VI editor
From: alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 20:46:39 EST
Organization: Disorganization

src4src!mcdhup!rutgers!prl.philips.nl!kunst (Pieter Kunst) writes:

> 
> Tuan DANG writes:
> > Could someone tell me if VI has been ported to MSDOS using DJGPP ?
> 
> The PD sources for a 'vi' clone called 'elvis' are avaible in netland.
> These require the (UNIX) curses library which is available with DJGPP.
> This DJGPP 'curses' library is not without problems, however. 

Yes, I know, I wrote it. I had nothing but an MS-DOS box and a copy
of Ken Arnold's original document. (Getting defensive here...) I don't
think I did too badly given those constraints.

However, if you'd like to tell me what's wrong (other than it doesn't
conform to SysV curses) I'll be glad to tell you how to fix it... If
you want it to be SysV curses, however, .......

I don't really have time to do maintainence on this package anymore,
but I will entertain suggestions. Please mail them to me so as not to
clog up DJGPP with off-topic mail. Thanks.

Anybody else out there feel like hacking curses????


alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
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