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From: dmt@mtgzz.UUCP (d.m.tutelman)
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Subject: Re: Need 'vi' for MS-DOS
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 16:05:56 EDT
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> It's possible to fake a reasonably close [to vi]
> version by mucking around with
> the TurboPascal editor, from what I've been told.  You might want to try
> that.

Having mucked around with the TurboPascal editor, and made it look
"almost" like EDIX  (in computing, "almost"="not" - Parnas), let me
guess that it'll be hard to make it look like "vi".  EMACS maybe, but
not VI.  The Turbo editor is modeless, like EMACS and EDIX. VI has a
command mode and an entry mode, and I find it difficult to see how
I'd ever simulate it in Turbo.

I have seen an MSDOS VI, but don't remember the vendor's name.  However,
it was very buggy, and guy who had it was disgusted and gave up using
it.
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