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From: raf@karl.cs.su.OZ.AU (A Stainless Steel Rat)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi with windows?
Message-ID: <1558@cluster.cs.su.oz.au>
Date: 3 Dec 90 17:51:14 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.)

Since the '#' command edits the most recently editted file in vi, it can be
used to flip between related files easily. I use this feature a hell of a lot
by just editting a file, :e other_related_file^M and then using '#' use flip
between the two as required. The cursor position is maintained for both files
which is also very nice.

raf


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