Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: vi "TMP file too large" error Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 21:17:12 GMT References: Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: towfiq@FTP.COM's message of 21 Feb 91 16:14:48 GMT >>>>> On 21 Feb 91 16:14:48 GMT, towfiq@FTP.COM (Mark Towfiq) said: Mark> I hate to say it, but perhaps it's time to switch to Emacs.... [just for the viewing public: standard GNU Emacs has 2 vi emulation modes, here's one:] VIP *** VIP is a Vi emulating package written in Emacs Lisp. VIP implements most Vi commands including Ex commands. It is therefore hoped that this package will enable you to do Vi style editing under the powerful GNU Emacs environment. This info file describes the usage of VIP assuming that you are fairly accustomed to Vi but not so much with Emacs. Also we will concentrate mainly on differences from Vi, especially features unique to VIP. [...] -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708-979-6364