Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 10:20:17 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A vi for BASH?
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On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> I got BASH working good on top of command.com.
> I can call the editor "ed" (gasp) okay.
> But the vi editor I like -- Elvis -- just won't work with BASH. It works
> fine everywhere else.
> When I enter vi (or elvis) from $ all I get is a lock-up and have to re-boot.

Probably beacuse Elvis was compiled as a 16-bit DPMI program.

Why don't you install Emacs?  You will have a great editor, and a very 
good vi emulation in one package.  (And it certainly doesn't break under 
Bash.)