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From: markh@squirrel.LABS.TEK.COM (Mark C. Henderson)
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Subject: Re: VI for VMS
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Date: 16 Feb 91 20:02:46 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.193351.17652@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jsivier@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jonathon Sivier ) writes:
>
>    Along the same lines as the person looking for EDT for Unix, I would like to
>find a full featured VI for VMS.  I have a version of Stevie, but it doesn't
>
>Thanks
>Jonathan
There are few possibilities that I know of:

1. Such a thing is contained in the 4.3 BSD RENO source. This would give
you a port of the original VI code. I don't even want to contemplate what
it would take in terms of licencing to be able to do this.

2. Greg Wonderly has written an excellent VI for VMS in TPU. In fact, if
you use this too much, you'll probably want it on Unix too, instead of the
original VI. It provides extensions among which the most significant are
multiple windows and buffers. The ex ':' commands are supported. The only
difference I have noticed between real vi and this (other than extensions)
is that 
:.co.
won't work.
You can get this from ymir.claremont.edu, for example.

3. Use GNU Emacs with VIP mode.  The VI emulation is not as good as one in 2
above (and also the integration with the ability to do multiple buffers,
windows &c. is not as good). Also you need a large chunk of disk space to
install it. Unless you intend to convert to Emacs, I'd stick with 2.
You can get this from any GNU archive site. It is included in GNU Emacs.

Mark
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