Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp From: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us (Fred Smith) Subject: Re: New User : Vi Organization: None! Message-ID: References: <34ede87f DOT 4866102 AT news DOT dial DOT pipex DOT com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:09:58 GMT Lines: 38 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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 -- ---- 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) -----------------------------