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From: wcs@ho95b.UUCP (Bill Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: vi one more time
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 01:17:22 EDT
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We just got "Z" from Manx Software (Red Bank, New Jersey), which is a
fairly straight vi imitation.  For the most part it is identical to vi;
a few features are missing, but the macro capability is expanded.

The missing features are:
	"wrapmagin" mode - probably a few other modes too, but this one
		is annoying.  They DO have autoindent, which is the
		other mode I use a lot.
	
	some :commands, most notably :g/foo/s/bar/baz/
		The macro capability lets you do the same thing, (so
		name your macro "g"), so it's logical to leave out,
		but it's a bit weird.  On the other hand, the :e, :wq,
		:n stuff all works fine, and :! gets you into DOS like
		it should.

We've had a few problems getting wildc*rds to expand, but basically
it's vi, and we like it.  (So we've renamed it "vi".  The copyright
banner page flashes at startup to remind us it's still "Z".)

Cost - by itself about $125; you can also get it in a package with
their latest "C" compiler, and some "make", "grep", and related
utilities.

			Bill Stewart
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			Bill Stewart	1-201-949-0705
			AT&T Bell Labs, Room 4K-435, Holmdel NJ
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