ggdavis@tiger.waterloo.edu (Greg Davis) (03/09/90)
In article <4523@pegasus.ATT.COM> dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) writes: >I just last weekend posted an updated Stevie 3.69a to comp.sources.misc. >In article <0MWF6WC@drivax.UUCP> braun@drivax.UUCP (Kral) writes: >>1. You have to be in the directory of the file you want to edit (eg, >> if you are in c:\subdir, and you type 'vi \autoexec.bat', you get >> some sort of error (I don't recall what it is right now). > Stevie doesn't have this problem. mks vi doesn't have this problem for me. I can use "vi /file" or "vi \file". Maybe you are getting a temporary file error. Try one of the following: set TMPDIR=c:/tmp switch - (works for DOS 2.x or 3.x) set dir=c:\\tmp\\ in ex.rc file (if switch is / or DOS 4.x) set SHELL=c:/bin/sh.exe in autoexec.bat >>2. It doesn't speak through the nnansi driver I'm using. > Stevie uses NANSI.SYS. In 3.69a, (1) it sets raw mode for BLAZING > speed under NANSI.SYS, or (2) you can compile it to use the BIOS > directly. mks vi writes directly to the screen for speed. I bet you nnansi.sys does hardware scrolling and thus shifts the screen address. >>3. It's in black and white. > In 3.69a, color is a "set" variable. see vipc(5), set attrib= The above comments are for vi in the MKS Toolkit version 3.1. I'm a satisfied user. I think version 2.3 didn't have problem #1.