From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: vi? 26 May 1998 22:07:34 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980526091849.00a9dce0.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <19980526002220 DOT 57700 AT clues DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Robert Lister , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Try vim (http://www.vim.org). The default binaries for Win32 don't understand Cygnus mounts but a cygwin version is easy to build (the 5.0 release). I've been using it myself for many (many) months now. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 http://www.rfk.com At 12:22 AM 5/26/98 +0100, Robert Lister wrote: > >Umm, > >I like gnuwin, but was shocked to find that it appears to have >no editor, not even vi. > >There is a vi that comes with ( I think ) one of the Microsoft CD's >but this version is a DOS version that doesn't understand the unix >"/" file paths, etc, and it only runs on /dev/conin and not, say, >/dev/tty1 > >Is there a version of vi that will work properly with Gnuwin? > >Thanks and Regards > > >Robert > >-- >Robert Lister - robl AT lentil DOT org - http://www.lentil.org >"He spoke, and drank rapidly a glass of water." Tel: 07010 708880 > pgp key available >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".