cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (04/06/88)
Apologies up front -- I _know_ that this was discussed a month or so ago... I didn't think I'd care at the time, and it is now 8000 or so messages back in the active file, so give me a break.... I'm becoming something of a vi user these days. I know that a couple of people mentioned vi's available for Amy. Could folks who know email me info about it(them)? (I seem to recall at least two different places, but I don't remember any more) and how fully compatible it is with the "official" Berkeley version, if you happen to know. Much thanks!!! __ / ) Bernie Cosell /--< _ __ __ o _ BBN Labs, Cambridge, MA 02238 /___/_(<_/ (_/) )_(_(<_ cosell@bbn.com
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/06/88)
In article <23029@bbn.COM| cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes: |I'm becoming something of a vi user these days. I know that a couple |of people mentioned vi's available for Amy. Could folks who know email |me info about it(them)? (I seem to recall at least two different |places, but I don't remember any more) and how fully compatible it is |with the "official" Berkeley version, if you happen to know. MANX C comes with Z, a vi-like editor. It is not PD, though. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
doug-merritt@cup.portal.com (04/19/88)
In regard to a 'vi' lookalike (aside from the commercial 'Z' that comes with the Manx C compiler), I seem to recall something about the "uedit" shareware editor (fish disks #60 [v2.0] and #121 [v2.3]) having a set of vi-emulation macros written for it. Uedit appears to be a very powerful and highly customizable editor. The Fish disk I just checked, #121, does not have any vi macros (or "config files") on it. You get more stuff when you become a registered user of this shareware; it may be that would include a set of vi macros, too. If anyone knows more about this, I'd be interested to hear. Disclaimer: I've never even used uedit (I'll try it one of these days).
rhuffman@aa.ecn.purdue.edu (Rodney L Huffman) (04/20/88)
>the "uedit" shareware editor (fish disks #60 [v2.0] and #121 [v2.3]) >having a set of vi-emulation macros written for it. Uedit appears >to be a very powerful and highly customizable editor. The Fish >disk I just checked, #121, does not have any vi macros (or "config >files") on it. You get more stuff when you become a registered >user of this shareware; it may be that would include a set of >vi macros, too. > >If anyone knows more about this, I'd be interested to hear. As a registered user, you would receive a (small) variety of configurations for emulating various popular editors/wordprocessors. vi is included. HOWEVER, the vi configuration is public domain, written by Eric Kennedy, and is probably available on a number of BBSs (It's on PeopleLink, for sure.) Eric has done a nice job with vi. It's not a complete emulation of the UN*X version, though. It doesn't have :map or :ab. However, :map-type macros can be generated with the underlying Learn-mode in Uedit. I suspect that boilerplate (:ab) could be done also, but I haven't dug into it enough to be able to say for sure. There are things available in the Uedit/vi combo that aren't available in UN*X vi, like columnar editting (how many times have you wanted to pull out just *that* column of data?) and numerical functions (well, *I* never figured out how to get vi to do it :-). I might add that Uedit/VI! uses menus and the mouse, as well as all of the usual keystrokes. It has a nice help file that can be called upon to explain key definitions. As you might have guessed, I like it. Disclaimer: I'm a registered user of Uedit and I wish everyone would buy it and give my serial number, but then there's always the lottery...:-):-) -- Rod Huffman rhuffman@ecn.purdue.edu Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) (04/21/88)
In article <4618@cup.portal.com> doug-merritt@cup.portal.com writes: >In regard to a 'vi' lookalike (aside from the commercial 'Z' that >comes with the Manx C compiler), I seem to recall something about >the "uedit" shareware editor (fish disks #60 [v2.0] and #121 [v2.3]) >having a set of vi-emulation macros written for it. Uedit appears >to be a very powerful and highly customizable editor. The Fish >disk I just checked, #121, does not have any vi macros (or "config >files") on it. You get more stuff when you become a registered >user of this shareware; it may be that would include a set of >vi macros, too. Correct, however the VI! config (I know, tacky name...) is freely redistributable. You can get the latest VI! and latest shareware Uedit by mailing a disk and SASE or $3 (US funds, please) to me: Eric Kennedy 300 N. Dithridge St. Apt 301 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 The emulation includes (virtually) all movement commands; all delete, replace, insert, change, and substitute commands; 26 user buffers a-z; 10 delete buffers; full undo and redo commands; some limited extended commands; ctags; yank and put; 26 markers a-z; @x macros; and will soon have boilerplate :ab capability. Add this to Uedit's 100 text buffers, multiple windows, learn mode, programability, etc., and you've got a pretty powerful editor. Witness the fact that I wrote this emulator _after_ getting Z. Nothing wrong with Z, but I wanted to keep the power of Uedit, and use vi commands, too. Before getting requests to email this stuff, I'm afraid I can't do that. VI! + Uedit is huge: > 500K uuencoded. I just can't be sending that all over the world. >If anyone knows more about this, I'd be interested to hear. >Disclaimer: I've never even used uedit (I'll try it one of these >days). Hopefully soon. :-> -- ------------ Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) (04/21/88)
In article <180@aa.ecn.purdue.edu> rhuffman@aa.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP (Rodney L Huffman) writes: >>the "uedit" shareware editor (fish disks #60 [v2.0] and #121 [v2.3]) >>having a set of vi-emulation macros written for it. Uedit appears >>to be a very powerful and highly customizable editor. The Fish >As a registered user, you would receive a (small) variety of configurations >for emulating various popular editors/wordprocessors. vi is included. >HOWEVER, the vi configuration is public domain, written by Eric Kennedy, Well, you're close... It is copyrighted, but is freely redistributable. >and is probably available on a number of BBSs (It's on PeopleLink, for >sure.) Or directly from Rick Stiles if you register, or directly from me--see my previous post. >Eric has done a nice job with vi. Thank you. >It's not a complete emulation of >the UN*X version, though. It doesn't have :map or :ab. I have boilerplate (:ab) abbreviations working now, just need to integrate them into the vi environment. If you send me a disk now, you will get the :ab stuff. >However, :map-type >macros can be generated with the underlying Learn-mode in Uedit. Yeah, those are tough. I'm working on them, but I suspect any solution will require compiling Uedit commands, which means you would have to be a registered Uedit user to use that feature. Look for them in the next major version, hopefully out with Uedit 2.4 at the end of the summer. >Disclaimer: I'm a registered user of Uedit and I wish everyone would buy >it and give my serial number, but then there's always the lottery...:-):-) Ditto on the disclaimer. >Rod Huffman rhuffman@ecn.purdue.edu >Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University ^^^^^^ ------------ Eric Kennedy Materials Engineering, University of Pittsburgh ejkst@cisunx.UUCP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ / / But I'd _MUCH_ rather be back at Purdue -----------/