hlison@bbn.com (Herb Lison) (11/11/89)
Does anyone know of an MS-DOS version of vi? I do a lot of work with both UNIX and MS-DOS and would like to stay with one editor for both. vi seems a reasonable choice. Thanks in advance, Herb Lison
LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) (11/11/89)
In article <13219@silica.BBN.COM>, hlison@bbn.com (Herb Lison) writes: >Does anyone know of an MS-DOS version of vi? I do a lot of work >with both UNIX and MS-DOS and would like to stay with one editor >for both. vi seems a reasonable choice. > >Thanks in advance, > >Herb Lison There are at least two versions available in directory PD:<MSDOS.EDITOR> via FTP from WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Richard Stanton
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (11/13/89)
In article <13219@silica.BBN.COM>, hlison@bbn.com (Herb Lison) writes: | Does anyone know of an MS-DOS version of vi? STEVIE was posted to comp.sources.unix recently, you might like that. There is another package, called pc_vi I believe, available from simtel20 via ftp or the archive server at sixhub by mail. There is also a commercial package called pc-vi. You might also look at using MicroEMACS on all your machines ;-) -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (11/14/89)
Re: vi for MS-DOS: The best version I know of is part of the MKS Toolkit which lists for $249. Their vi can be purchased separately for $149. address is: Mortice Kern Systems Inc. 35 King Street North Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 2W9 519-884-2251/order: 800-265-2797
klc@occrsh.ATT.COM (11/14/89)
< The best version I know of is part of the MKS Toolkit which lists for $249. < Their vi can be purchased separately for $149. < < address is: Mortice Kern Systems Inc. 35 King Street North Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 2W9 519-884-2251/order: 800-265-2797 Yes, I agree. Too bad Custom Software Systems is out of business, their was even better than MKS's! Does anyone know if the MKS version supports a ".exrc" type file with their vi?? I have the MKS Toolkit (it includes vi) but, it does not say anything about a ".exrc" type file, any ideas? Keith Chappell att!occrsh!klc
andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) (11/15/89)
In article <1593@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >There is also a commercial package called pc-vi. There is also MKS VI available from MKS. I believe PC VI was from CSS which is no longer in existence because of a dispute with AT&T. -- Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Internet: andy@mks.com 35 King Street North, Waterloo, UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy Ontario, CANADA N2J 2W9 Phone: 519/884-2251 FAX: 519/884-8861
gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) (11/16/89)
beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >Re: vi for MS-DOS: > >The best version I know of is part of the MKS Toolkit which lists for $249. >Their vi can be purchased separately for $149. > >>address is: Mortice Kern Systems Inc. >35 King Street North >Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 2W9 >519-884-2251/order: 800-265-2797 ---------- I concur. It is worth PAYING for, and it seems unbreakable. I didn't really use my PC until I got this software.
fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith) (11/16/89)
In article <141900042@occrsh.ATT.COM> klc@occrsh.ATT.COM writes: > >Yes, I agree. Too bad Custom Software Systems is out of business, their >was even better than MKS's! > >Does anyone know if the MKS version supports a ".exrc" type file with >their vi?? I have the MKS Toolkit (it includes vi) but, it does not say >anything about a ".exrc" type file, any ideas? CSS PC/VI uses a file named vi.ini which can contain set up information of the same sort as that contained in EXINIT environment on Unix. I have been told that there is a similar capability in teh MKS VI, but sorry, I don't remember the name that it expects the file to have. Fred
schneide@rt8.cs.wisc.edu (Daniel Schneidewend) (11/16/89)
In article <1989Nov14.231504.20173@mks.com> andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) writes: >In article <1593@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: The 'Z' editor that comes with the AZTEC C package is an excellent implementaton of VI for the PC. Dan Schneidewend schneide@garfield.cs.wisc.edu
kens@hplsla.HP.COM (Ken Snyder) (11/17/89)
> > Does anyone know if the MKS version supports a ".exrc" type file with > their vi?? I have the MKS Toolkit (it includes vi) but, it does not say > anything about a ".exrc" type file, any ideas? > Yes, the MKS toolkit vi supports the .exrc file. Only they name theirs ex.rc. It lets you set up all the "set" flags that VI has except showmode (at least of the ones I use) and also allows the map function. Ken
jpn@genrad.com (John P. Nelson) (11/17/89)
In article <3746@puff.cs.wisc.edu> schneide@rt8.cs.wisc.edu (Daniel Schneidewend) writes: >The 'Z' editor that comes with the AZTEC C package is an excellent >implementaton of VI for the PC. Yuck. Either AZTEC has improved their editor immeasurably, or we have different definitions of the word "excellent". I bought a copy of Z (standalone, without the compiler) several years ago when I first started working with a PC. I found Z to a particularly deficient implementation of "vi": -> It is limited to files about 32K in length. I'm not sure why the limit isn't 64K, but it isn't. Watch out when editing a file near the limit too: delete/yank/paste operations can cause it to run out of memory. -> It doesn't have the "feel" of vi. While the "most common" functions are there, the shortcuts I use all the time are missing. I found it incredibly frustrating to use. Believe me, the public-domain "stevie" is a MUCH better implementation of "vi" than Z is. john nelson UUCP: {decvax,mit-eddie}!genrad!jpn smail: jpn@genrad.com
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (11/17/89)
In article <141900042@occrsh.ATT.COM> klc@occrsh.ATT.COM writes:
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<Does anyone know if the MKS version supports a ".exrc" type file with
<their vi?? I have the MKS Toolkit (it includes vi) but, it does not say
<anything about a ".exrc" type file, any ideas?
Yep, it is called /ex.rc
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ARPA/INTERNET: @spool.cs.wisc.edu,@astroatc:brown@vidiotnorm@oglvee.UUCP (Norman Joseph) (11/18/89)
From article <141900042@occrsh.ATT.COM>, by klc@occrsh.ATT.COM:
~ Does anyone know if the MKS version supports a ".exrc" type file with
~ their vi?? I have the MKS Toolkit (it includes vi) but, it does not say
~ anything about a ".exrc" type file, any ideas?
Try "ex.rc".
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/* you are not expected to understand this */andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) (11/18/89)
In article <141900042@occrsh.ATT.COM> klc@occrsh.ATT.COM writes: >Does anyone know if the MKS version supports a ".exrc" type file with >their vi?? I have the MKS Toolkit (it includes vi) but, it does not say >anything about a ".exrc" type file, any ideas? Yep, it does support it. Except that it is named ex.rc and is searched for in the current directory and then the HOME directory. Note that you may have to set the HOME environment variable. The other thing that can be done is to set the EXINIT environment variable to something like `so x:/your/own/ex.rc' which will source the named file of commands. -- Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Internet: andy@mks.com 35 King Street North, Waterloo, UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy Ontario, CANADA N2J 2W9 Phone: 519/884-2251 FAX: 519/884-8861