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From: dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk (Matthew Farwell)
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: If you could have anything in vi ...
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.043842.20287@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Date: 25 Mar 91 04:38:42 GMT
References: <1991Mar18.195343.665@cs.widener.edu> <1991Mar20.203643.26406@convex.com>
Reply-To: dylan@ibmpcug.CO.UK (Matthew Farwell)
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
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In article <1991Mar20.203643.26406@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
>Here's my list.  I already sent it in email:
>    multiple windows.

Yes.

>    no limits on line length, etc.
>    infinite undo buffer.
>    no more "can't yank/put in global/macro" errors.

Of course.

>    editable commands lines with history and completion.

I could live without this, but it'd be useful.

>    visible marks.

Bleagh. <Blink blink blink>.

>    tilde as a range command "~E".

Yes. yes yes. Please. ~~ for one character and ~w. How about ~G?

>    column mode

Same as history completion.

>    8 bit files.

Get an international version of the software. The international versions
of SCO Xenix + SCO Unix both include support for 8 bit stuff.

Dylan.
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