jeremy@kheops.cmi.no (Jeremy Cook) (03/23/89)
> I've got addicted to 'vi'. Whenever I have to use a friends IBM PC, and > have to struggle through its editors... Can this be true ! -- Jeremy Cook
jenkinsm@uv4.eglin.af.mil (MICHAEL A JENKINS) (03/23/89)
>Can you buy a version of 'vi' for MS-DOS machines?
You can purchase the vi editor for MS-DOS from MKS. I think you can still
buy vi separately but I recommend buying the "MKS Toolkit". The toolkit
contains LOTS of UNIX utilities (awk, diff, grep, sed, ...), and costs
only a little more. The toolkit price is $199 from MKS, or less from the
software houses. Here's the MKS address from the March issue of Computer
Language:
MKS (Mortice Kern Systems Inc.)
35 King Street North
Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 Canada
1-800-265-2797 (continental U.S. only)
1-519-884-2251 (outside continental U.S.)
1-519-884-8861 (FAX)
Mike Jenkins
jenkinsm@eglin-vax.arpachuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) (03/23/89)
> Dan E. Kelley writes: > I've got addicted to 'vi'. Another tragic vi-related disaster. There may be a chapter of VA (Vi-aholics Anonymous) in your area. It's not too late! Remember, kids, Just Say No! Chuck Musciano Advanced Technology Department Harris Corporation (407) 727-6131 ARPA: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com Users are losers, and losers are users! Don't use vi! Don't use vi!
phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) (03/23/89)
> Another tragic vi-related disaster. There may be a chapter of VA > (Vi-aholics Anonymous) in your area. It's not too late! Have I ever told you my favorite "modal editor" disaster story? Seems this guy went to edit this report about editors, using his favorite modal editor (I think it was Xerox's "Bravo", but I'm not sure). Well, in the middle of editing, he was momentarily distracted by a phone call. After he finished with his call, he went back to his editing session. After looking at the screen, he went to type in the next word of the report, forgetting that he wasn't in insert mode. Unfortunately, the word he typed was "edit". "e" selected the entire document, "d" deleted the selected region, "i" put the editor in insert mode, and "t" was then promptly inserted in his buffer. His entire document had been replaced with the letter "t". Remember, kids, just say no! William LeFebvre <phil@Rice.edu>