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From: wg@cbnewsm.att.com (Bill Gieske)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: vi under Desqview -- is it possible?
Keywords: MKS vi Desqview
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.134611.867@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 4 Jun 91 13:46:11 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.153008.20350@mips2.ma30.bull.com>
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MKS vi does work under Desqview.  It's been 6 months since I set up the 
Desqview window for this, so I do not remember what settings I used (I'll
check tonight and follow-up with specifics.  In general, the settings on 
screen 2 (I think) regarding how the screen is accessed are what must be
set correctly.  I usually run vi under ksh rather than DOS because I have
an exinit variable pointing to an exrc file on a RAM disk containing vi
commands (set tab stop, no case distinction, shift width, ...).  Invoking
vi directly looses this, and this does not work if vi is invoked from DOS.
But, vi can be invoked in this manner as well.  IT DOES WORK!