hgp@houem.UUCP (#H.PAGE) (12/05/84)
<psssst...> Hello. Can anyone out there help me find vi or a vi like editor for my ibm-pc? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Howard G. Page ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp (201) 949-0366 "When this is all over, you're gonna' haveta' answer to the Coca-Cola company!"
yosh@hou2e.UUCP (M.CHING) (12/06/84)
Try EDIX from Emerging Technologies......... The editor is very vi-ish and from what I understand was designed by a person who helped design some of the UN*X editors. Dave Bloom Bell Labs, Holmdel
dmt@ahuta.UUCP (d.tutelman) (12/06/84)
REFERENCES: <362@hou2e.UUCP> As a followup to Dave Bloom's recommendation of Emerging Technology's EDIX: I use EDIX on the PC and vi on UNIX. EDIX is only sightly vi-ish. It is modeless, and uses function keys and Alt-? keys as commands (more like emacs than vi, though the choice of keys is more intuitive than emacs). In moving between editors, I hit a lot of wrong keys in the first five minutes. However, it's the best I've found so far. As to its developer's experience, Marc Rochkind worked at Bell Labs for over ten years. He spent a lot of time developing PWB tools; for instance, I believe he's the inventor of SCCS (Source Code Control System). (Don't confuse him with Mark Rochkind, also ex-BTL after >>10 years. Marc is a REAL developer, Mark a researcher. I know them both, and can vouch for the characterization.) Dave Tutelman - ATTIS Holmdel
ee161abt@sdcc13.UUCP ({|stu) (12/07/84)
The programming editor that comes with the DeSmet C package ($109) is a sort_of_hybrid_vi/UCSD_p-System editor. I believe it's available seperately (for ~$40 binary, $2000 source). I use it all the time as a quick and not-so-dirty editor, but it's not as complete or as sophisticated (read versatile) as vi.