sjs1@edsel.UUCP (S Starr) (10/03/88)
Does anyone know how to obtain a Mac Plus version of the popular UNIX system "vi" editor? I know that a vi-like editor is distributed with the more expensive versions of the Manx C compiler, but I'm not interested in the compiler and, besides, the Manx version of vi that ran on DOS systems (called "z") was too stripped down to be attractive. I have a very complete version of vi for DOS systems called MKS-vi that is manufactured by Mortice Kern Systems, but unfortunately they claim to have no plans to port their product to the Mac. I love the Mac interface for document processing, but for composing straight text (perhaps for subsequent processing by a more Mac-ish application), I just can't beat vi. Steven Starr AT&T Bell Laboratories Liberty Corner, NJ 07060
David_Alan_Newman@cup.portal.com (10/08/88)
> Does anyone know how to obtain a Mac Plus version of the popular UNIX system > "vi" editor? You're kidding, right? <grin> In all seriousness, I've never seen or heard of one. I imagine one could port a PD version over to the Mac provided they have the C sources though. Wishing you luck, Dave Newman =========== david_alan_newman@cup.portal.com
zeiden@ai.cs.wisc.edu (Matthew Zeidenberg) (10/12/88)
In article <9841@cup.portal.com>, David_Alan_Newman@cup.portal.com writes: > Does anyone know how to obtain a Mac Plus version of the popular UNIX system > "vi" editor? I bought a copy of Aztec C a couple of years ago, and it included a vi-look-alike editor which I believe was called "Z". I don't know if they are still including it, but I bet you could get them to sell you a copy. Consider a snide comment about doing things the hard way as made.