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From: mikef@bert.Rosemount.COM (Michael Foerster)
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Subject: Re: Elvis quirks -- solutions??
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Date: 27 Jan 91 02:03:28 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.185655.5047@intelhf.hf.intel.com>
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In article <1991Jan22.185655.5047@intelhf.hf.intel.com> you write:
>I have been thinking of using Steve Kirkendall's Elvis as an alternate to
>the older PC/VI.  I've hit upon a couple of quirks that seem to limit
>its usefulness under DOS.
>
>1)  The documentation suggests that under DOS, elvis searches for
>    .\elvis.rc.  In other words, only in your current directory.  PC/VI,
>    on the other hand, will look in your HOME directory for vi.ini.
>    I don't care to have elvis.rc's sprinkled all other the place, so I
>    tried another tack (see below).  Nevertheless, is there a way to get
>    elvis to search under HOME?  (I do not have source, only the binary as
>    posted to c.b.i.p)
>
	
	What I did was to change the binary of the file by editing it
	with a PD binary file editor called "fm.com" (similar to the 
	utility in the Norton Utilities) and changed every occurance
	of:
		elvis.rc   to   d:\vi.rc
		Note that the character count is the same.

	D: is the RAMDRIVE and on boot up I copy the "vi.rc" file to 
	the d:\ directory.  You can use the "c:\vi.rc" as well.

	Now when you invoke "elvis" it will look in the "D:\" for the 
	"vi.rc" file and start up with the functions set in it.  

	Only one file is then needed, not one in each directory.

	Mikef



In article <1991Jan22.185655.5047@intelhf.hf.intel.com> you write:
>I have been thinking of using Steve Kirkendall's Elvis as an alternate to
>the older PC/VI.  I've hit upon a couple of quirks that seem to limit
>its usefulness under DOS.
>
>1)  The documentation suggests that under DOS, elvis searches for
>    .\elvis.rc.  In other words, only in your current directory.  PC/VI,
>    on the other hand, will look in your HOME directory for vi.ini.
>    I don't care to have elvis.rc's sprinkled all other the place, so I
>    tried another tack (see below).  Nevertheless, is there a way to get
>    elvis to search under HOME?  (I do not have source, only the binary as
>    posted to c.b.i.p)
>
	
	What I did was to change the binary of the file by editing it
	with a PD binary file editor called "fm.com" (similar to the 
	utility in the Norton Utilities) and changed every occurance
	of:
		elvis.rc   to   d:\vi.rc
		Note that the character count is the same.

	D: is the RAMDRIVE and on boot up I copy the "vi.rc" file to 
	the d:\ directory.  You can use the "c:\vi.rc" as well.

	Now when you invoke "elvis" it will look in the "D:\" for the 
	"vi.rc" file and start up with the functions set in it.  

	Only one file is then needed, not one in each directory.

	Mikef