Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvax1!deng From: deng@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Mingqi Deng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: vi-like editor for PC Message-ID: Date: 8 Jul 90 02:02:46 GMT References: <55644@microsoft.UUCP> <1909@argus.UUCP> <3734@bwdls58.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 32 Stevie VI editor is available at SIMTEL20.ARPA. Its full path name is pd1:stevi69x.zip. The source is also in the same direcotory, named as stevi69s.zip. This is almost a true clone of vi e.g., escape to dos like Ctrl-Z in UNIX, file size limited only by available memory, alternating files and a built-in help -- extremely valuble to beginners. The binary version was compiled using Turbo C after some changes to the source. I suppose it would come out even better when compiled using MicroSoft 5.x C. If any of you who happens to have access to MicroSoft 5.x C and gets stevi compiled, I would appreciate getting a copy of the executable. By the way, I enjoy vi a lot. Its tag, yank, save/jump to register, mark, the 'g' command, undo, repeat, powerful cursor movement (^, 0, $, G, w, Ee, Bb, MLH, hjkl, ^F, ^E, Ff, %, etc.) and its integration with delete/yank, etc., are incredibly handy. Most of these commands require only ONE key stroke WITHIN finger's reach, which I found extremely valuable to anyone who needs to do a lot of quick editing, as versus to typing lengthy text. That is the main reason turning me away from most editors, even like the powerful XEDIT, emacs. To be honest, VI could use some enhancement such as windows, text-formatting, and query-replace in emacs, and 'ALL' in XEDIT. And it is relatively hard to use VI to its full power since its goodies are "hidden", Stevie took a very nice step to include a built-in help. Good luck! Mingqi