Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!d75!cello!sanders.austin.ibm.com From: sanders@sanders.austin.ibm.com (Tony Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: Windowing VI Keywords: Windows VI Message-ID: <3147@cello.UUCP> Date: 20 Feb 90 20:01:57 GMT References: <1563@awdprime.UUCP> Sender: news@cello.UUCP Reply-To: sanders@sanders.austin.ibm.com (Tony Sanders) Distribution: usa Lines: 30 In article <1563@awdprime.UUCP> @cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!woan.austin.ibm.com!ron writes: -In article , -emuleomo@paul.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) writes: -|>Does anybody out there know any implementation of VI that has -|>windows? If you do, I would very appreciative if you can email to -|>me how to obtain it. - -Sure GNU EMACS in VI (VIP) emulation mode! Available in the base GNU -EMACS distribution. - - Ron Sadly neither of the two VI emulation modes really work enough to get anything done (if you are a real vi aficionado anyway). If you can, then run X-windows. If you can't, some versions of vi I have seen do have mouse support in them. I've never used it but have seen the code. Dunno where it came from. My philosophy is to do the work in the correct PLACE. The editor should run under the windowing system, not the other way around. Just seems more natural to me that way. Fortunatly there isn't a right way or a wrong way. I have also seen/used a windowing system that runs on ascii terminals. It's not the greatest but when my X server broke I used it for a little while with some success. -- sanders JUST SAY kNOw TO DRUGS Reply-To: cs.utexas.edu!ibmaus!auschs!sanders.austin.ibm.com!sanders "she was an innocent bystander, it's a democracy" -- Jim Morrison