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From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: vi?
Message-ID: <8869@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 00:22:15 GMT
References: <23029@bbn.COM| <8150@oberon.USC.EDU> <4618@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
Lines: 44
Keywords: uedit unix vi emulator incredible power

In article <4618@cup.portal.com> doug-merritt@cup.portal.com writes:
>In regard to a 'vi' lookalike (aside from the commercial 'Z' that
>comes with the Manx C compiler), I seem to recall something about
>the "uedit" shareware editor (fish disks #60 [v2.0] and #121 [v2.3])
>having a set of vi-emulation macros written for it. Uedit appears
>to be a very powerful and highly customizable editor. The Fish
>disk I just checked, #121, does not have any vi macros (or "config
>files") on it. You get more stuff when you become a registered
>user of this shareware; it may be that would include a set of
>vi macros, too.

Correct, however the VI! config (I know, tacky name...) is freely
redistributable.  You can get the latest VI! and latest shareware Uedit
by mailing a disk and SASE or $3 (US funds, please) to me:

Eric Kennedy
300 N. Dithridge St. Apt 301
Pittsburgh, PA  15213 

The emulation includes (virtually) all movement commands; all
delete, replace, insert, change, and substitute commands; 26 user buffers
a-z; 10 delete buffers; full undo and redo commands;  some limited
extended commands;  ctags;  yank and put;  26 markers a-z; @x macros;
and will soon have boilerplate :ab capability.  Add this to Uedit's 100
text buffers, multiple windows, learn mode, programability, etc., and
you've got a pretty powerful editor.  Witness the fact that I wrote this
emulator _after_ getting Z.  Nothing wrong with Z, but I wanted to keep
the power of Uedit, and use vi commands, too.

Before getting requests to email this stuff, I'm afraid I can't do that.
VI! + Uedit is huge:  > 500K uuencoded.  I just can't be sending that
all over the world.   

>If anyone knows more about this, I'd be interested to hear.
>Disclaimer: I've never even used uedit (I'll try it one of these
>days).

Hopefully soon.  :->


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