From: arkane <ctriebel AT cisunix DOT unh DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: New User : Vi
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:29:47 -0500
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Normally I don't like to participate in these kind of editor discussions
because they can lead to wars, which I find especially bad in a newsgroup,
but since this seems rather sedate I am commenting.

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

Try VIM, it is VI Improved: 

http://www.vim.org/

I use it on my DOS box, is compatible with the bash shell that djgpp
provides, as well as gnu-win32 bash.  I just tried to get access to the
DOS version and got a "Page Not Found" from the server supposedly
supporting
it.  You can check out the following url if you are interested in that or
want to look for an alternative:

ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/
 
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