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From: macduff@cbnewse.att.com (Roger R. Espinosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Various Questions
Keywords: vi, DeskJet
Message-ID: <1991May13.215823.28893@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 13 May 91 21:58:23 GMT
Organization: The Rabbit Corps
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Greetings.

Various questions that are on my mind, that I thought I'd
ask all of you.

1. vi

Is there a PD port of vi (elvis, stevie, et al) available, 
*besides* the David Pilling port? I'm aware of that one, did
start my own (but haven't had time to iron out the odd bugs), 
but I just want to see if there's an easier path to acquiring
one (besides getting a UK cheque, or hacking at elvis code).

2. DeskJet's

For good quality output, the dot matrix is slow as sin. DeskJets
can be had fairly inexpensively around here, but my concern lies
with the printer driver.  While Beebug does sell one (in the form 
of the LaserJet driver), I don't know whether this driver works like
PrinterPS - does it use the RISC OS fonts, or is it doing a mapping
(like PrinterPS), which would change the usability of the DeskJet
quite a lot.

Any answers, opinions, etc will be appreciated.

Thanks!
Roger
rre@ihlpm.ATT.COM