Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!brunix!doorknob!wsd From: wsd@cs.brown.edu (Wm. Scott `Spot' Draves) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: What about a GNU vi? Message-ID: Date: 1 Mar 90 20:01:58 GMT References: <538@nlsun1.oracle.nl> Sender: news@brunix.UUCP Followup-To: comp.editors Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science Lines: 44 In-reply-to: bengsig@oracle.nl's message of 1 Mar 90 15:42:20 GMT In article <538@nlsun1.oracle.nl> bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) writes: I know people will tell me to use emacs; I actually did give it a hard try once, but I didn't really get the feel for it, so I'm still a vi fanatic. Now, GNU makes lots of fine products, but there is no "gvi". I'd actually like to use many of the nice features of GNU emacs, but used with the vi-touch in my fingertips. Is such a thing planned, worked on by somebody, even made, or ...? Would it be possible to somehow give GNU emacs the vi-touch? Am I crazy? A reply 'no' to all is more welcome than the reply 'use emacs' :-) -- Bjorn Engsig, Domain: bengsig@oracle.nl, bengsig@oracle.com Path: uunet!mcsun!orcenl!bengsig I doubt FSF plans a gvi. There is a VI emulator for gnuemacs called VIP. from its info page: VIP *** VIP is a Vi emulating package written in Emacs Lisp. VIP implements most Vi commands including Ex commands. It is therefore hoped that this package will enable you to do Vi style editing under the powerful GNU Emacs environment. This info file describes the usage of VIP assuming that you are fairly accustomed to Vi but not so much with Emacs. Also we will concentrate mainly on differences from Vi, especially features unique to VIP. It is recommended that you read nodes on survey and on customization before you start using VIP. Other nodes may be visited as needed. Comments and bug reports are welcome. Please send messages to `ms@Sail.Stanford.Edu' if you are outside of Japan and to `masahiko@sato.riec.tohoku.junet' if you are in Japan. Scott Draves Space... The Final Frontier wsd@cs.brown.edu uunet!brunix!wsd Box 2555 Brown U Prov RI 02912