don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd) (01/16/90)
Is there an ftp site where I can get a PD vi-clone for the PC?
I have to alter some batch files to put PC's on a network at work,
and using WordPerfect to do it just seems like massive overkill.
Thanks,
Don
(Haven't gotten through to simtel to look for one, is there an easier-to-
reach alternative?)
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here. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.genet@hplsla.HP.COM (Gene Taylor) (01/18/90)
We got a shareware vi that wouldn't do substituion and, therefore, was pretty disappointing to use. Then we got the MKS toolkit, by Mortice Kern Systems, Inc. and besides getting a full-blown vi, it had many MANY other useful utilities like grep, awk, cpio, find, diff, mv, sed, sort, wc, which, and a k shell. MKS toolkit is available to Egghead computer stores here in the Seattle area for $150. The vi editor alone has been worth it. Gene
dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) (01/19/90)
In article <5190068@hplsla.HP.COM> genet@hplsla.HP.COM (Gene Taylor) writes: >We got a shareware vi that wouldn't do substituion and, therefore, was >pretty disappointing to use. Sounds like Paul Vojta's. Very small, very fast, and incomplete. The lack of substitution was a major shortcoming. >Then we got the MKS toolkit, by Mortice >Kern Systems, Inc. and besides getting a full-blown vi,... >...Available for $150. The vi editor alone has been worth it. An excellent, and well-supported, product. In addition, you may want to try Stevie, which was posted (SOURCE!!!) to comp.sources.misc in August. I am about to post an update (couple of bugs fixed, a number of features added) this weekend. The advantages: - Source available. If you don't like something, you can change it. - Portable. Makefiles (and system-dependent functions) available for MSDOS, UNIX, MINIX, OS/2, and TOS for the Atari ST. - The "tags" feature has been enhanced to stack tags calls. (I use this as a program "browser" at least as much as an editor.) Disadvantages (incompleteness): - "Undo" doesn't work for "ex" commands, just "vi" commands. - No macros. - Probably others as well, but I'm not aware of them. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Tutelman | | Physical - AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ | | Logical - ...att!pegasus!dmt | | Audible - (201) 576 2194 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > >Gene
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (01/23/90)
dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) <4408@pegasus.ATT.COM> : - -In addition, you may want to try Stevie, which was posted (SOURCE!!!) -to comp.sources.misc in August. I am about to post an update (couple - [...] -Disadvantages (incompleteness): - - "Undo" doesn't work for "ex" commands, just "vi" commands. - - No macros. - - Probably others as well, but I'm not aware of them. Something else that I miss is the ability to specify ranges for ex-mode commands. I often want to do things like ":7,38g/emacs/s//vi/g" but all I've figured out in stevie is a repeated search-and-replace (repeated "n." sequences) approach.
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (01/24/90)
In article <33664@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes:
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<Something else that I miss is the ability to specify ranges for ex-mode
<commands. I often want to do things like ":7,38g/emacs/s//vi/g" but all
<I've figured out in stevie is a repeated search-and-replace (repeated
<"n." sequences) approach.
Correct syntax is: :7,38s/emacs/vi/g
Try that and see if it works any better.
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I sez: -commands. I often want to do things like ":7,38g/emacs/s//vi/g" but all brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) <63@vidiot.UUCP> : -Correct syntax is: :7,38s/emacs/vi/g - -Try that and see if it works any better. Well whattaya know... it works in stevie, and in the Ultrix vi! I've always used the syntax I showed above, on VAXen, and that worked so I never tried alternatives. (My form is defensible: it's documented to say "search lines 7 thru 38 for the string /emacs/, and replace that string on all matching lines with the string /vi/ as often as it appears within each line".) Thanx, Vid!