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From: al158305@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Gustavo Cordova Avila)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Elvis
Keywords: Elvis, vi, help wont work!
Message-ID: <3019@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx>
Date: 6 Mar 91 02:07:51 GMT
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hychejw@infonode.ingr.com (Jeff W. Hyche) writes:


>While in search of a vi editor for the Amiga, I came aross something
>called elvis.  All that was in the archive was some binary files, the
>editor, and a termcap file.  No docs.  How do you get this program to
>run.  First it returned env editor not set.  So I set one based on
>the Termcap text file.  Next it exited with /etc/termcap not found.  So
>I moved termcap to a dir called /etc, it exited with the same error
>message.  What gives?  Anyone got this program to run?  Maybe is should
>played with it longer. 
>-- 
>                                  // Jeff Hyche           
>    There can be only one!    \\ //  Usenet: hychejw@infonode.ingr.com
>                               \X/   Freenet: ap255@po.CWRU.Edu

   You have to do something like this:
1> create a directory called "ram:env" and do an "assign env: ram:env"
2> create an environment variable called "TERM" which contains the name
   of the terminal you're using (amiga). In other words, do something
   like: "setenv TERM amiga" or, like "echo >env:TERM amiga"
   (environment vars are actually tiny files)
3> move the termcap file to you're "s:" directory
4> run it.

   I did all that and it seemed want to run, but somehow, it didn't :(
good luck!

Gustavo Cordova
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| Gustavo Cordova Avila		 | Electronics Systems Engineering   |
| pl158305@tecmtyvm.bitnet	 | major, @ Monterrey Tech, Mexico.  |
| al158305@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx	 | I.T.E.S.M. Monterrey, NL, Mexico  |