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From: scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden)
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Subject: Re: VI Editor Wanted For My PC
Message-ID: <1073@applix.com>
Date: 28 Aug 90 17:14:39 GMT
References: <12476@netcom.UUCP> <8560@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <patterso.651698838@usceast>
Reply-To: scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden)
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In article <patterso.651698838@usceast> patterso@usceast.UUCP (Mitchell Patterson) writes:
>
>Yesterday or so someone posted the code for elvis, a vi-like editor for
>DOS and various flavors of UNIX.  I don't know how it stacks up against
>the MKS version, but right away there's the obvious advantage that it's
>free.

I've played with elvis for all of about 2 hours, and I'm pretty impressed.
I was able to easily build it on both BSD and MS-DOS.  Although it's somewhat
slower than real vi, it's uncannily similar to vi/ex in a lot of ways.  This
includes stuff like !`a (pipe thru filter) and ^] (tags).  Even :se all
is deceiving.  Even handles humongous files.  Nice work to those responsible!

-scott