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From: wahl@sunybcs.UUCP (Norman Wahl)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
Subject: Is there a micro vi?
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 19:42:50 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 19:42:50 1985
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     It's frustrating to have to use several different editors for different
terminals, different computers and different purposes. After spending the
day using vi, then ed, then a lisp editor, then a Cyber line editor, it's
embarrassing to volunteer to help your relatives type their term papers on
your home micro and then not remember the first thing about how to use it.
     In thinking about what would be a good home word processing program,
then, I realized that if vi were implemented for micros, this problem would be
solved. Also, vi is simply an excellent editor in its own right.
     Does anyone know:
     -Is it legal to create a micro editor which has the same command
formats (or, realistically, a good subset thereof) as vi? 
     -Has it been done, commercially or privately, and for which micro(s)?
I'm interested in getting one, or writing one, for the Apple ][+ myself.
     I'll summarize mail responses to the net, if warranted. Thanks.
Norm Wahl
University of Buffalo