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From: tomm@uucp (Tom Mackey)
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Subject: Re: vi with windows?
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Date: 21 Nov 90 17:24:07 GMT
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In article <1190@syacus.acus.oz> michaelw@syacus.UUCP (Michael Wang) writes:
>Is there a public domain vi editor that has a windowing feature?
>If so, where can I get it?  Does Elvis and Stevie have window features?
>
>I'd like to edit one file while looking at another and our SysV
>does not have ^Z feature to swap between different processes.  This makes
>editing related files a pain.  So I am in dire need of a vi editor with
>windowing feature.  (I don't particularly want to learn emacs.)
>
>Thanks for the info..
>
>Michael Wang	michaelw@syacus.acus.oz.au

Another approach that you can use is the "screen" utility.  It allows
multiple logins per physical device (uses pty's) and allows the user
to switch very quickly between login sessions with a control-key
sequence.  I have the sources if you can't find it at one of the
archive sites.  I've used it for 5 or so years, so it is quite a solid
piece of code.  It works best when installed by root, but still does
most things even when installed at the user level.

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