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From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Wanted: vi clone for DOS
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Date: 20 Oct 90 17:07:10 GMT
References: <28019@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
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In article <28019@bellcore.bellcore.com> louie@cellar.bae.bellcore.com (Paul Louie) writes:
>In article <27971@bellcore.bellcore.com> I wrote:  
>>Hi Netters,
>>
>>What's a better place to ask then in this news group.  Does anyone
>>know where I can my hands on a UNIX vi editor clone/workalike for
>>MS-DOS environment???
>>
	[DELETIONS]
>I now have 3 vi clones to choose from, Stevie (majority's favorite),
>Elvis, and vi.  I just have one question - Why are two of them called
>Stevie and Elvis (????) ?  What's the relationship of the editors and
>their names?

	STEVIE = ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts
                 ^^ ^          ^^ ^
according to the first page of its documentation. It evidently was first
written for the (gasp!) Atari ST.

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