dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) (03/04/90)
In article <124.25EF7B51@csource.oz.au> david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) writes: > > > From: jackson@smu.uucp (Keith Jackson) > > Message-ID: <16155@smunews.UUCP> > > OBJ: BTW, do any of you idiotic UN*X people know where a fellow idiot > > can get a _real_ `vi' editor for the PC? > >Custom Software Systems made an _excellent_ vi clone for the PC - I've >never seen anything else come close, including Z from the makers of Aztec >C.... I purchased my copy >back in January '88, so I don't know what the current price would be. CSS is out of business, for the same reason that their clone is so close. They didn't work from a vi "black box", they started from proprietary (i.e.- real vi) source code. They got called on it, and didn't survive the resulting settlement. (I remember reading somewhere that the actual settlement that did them in was for stealing something other than vi, but their vi was also a ripoff.) I agree with your assessment of Z (I believe it's from Manx). >...[CSS vi] comes in standard ANSI or bios flavours (even uses a termcap), True of the latest (3.69a) version of Stevie, which I just sent off to comp.sources.misc. Should appear soon. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Tutelman | | Physical - AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ | | Logical - ...att!pegasus!dmt | | Audible - (201) 576 2194 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) (03/04/90)
> From: jackson@smu.uucp (Keith Jackson) > Message-ID: <16155@smunews.UUCP> > > OBJ: BTW, do any of you idiotic UN*X people know where a fellow idiot > can get a _real_ `vi' editor for the PC? Custom Software Systems made an _excellent_ vi clone for the PC - I've never seen anything else come close, including Z from the makers of Aztec C. vi is completely compatible, and does handle a few of the nice things rerquired of any editor under MS-DOS, such as optional crlf <-> lf translation (and vice versa) and optionally terminating files with ^Z. It even has text filtering and all the other advanced vi functions. Called vipc, comes in standard ANSI or bios flavours (even uses a termcap), with versions of each for the PC and 186 (or better). I purchased my copy back in January '88, so I don't know what the current price would be. david -- UUCP: ...!munnari!csource!david <Fido/ACSNET Gate> Internet: david@csource.oz.au FidoNet: 3:632/348
ggdavis@tiger.waterloo.edu (Greg Davis) (03/04/90)
In article <124.25EF7B51@csource.oz.au> david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) writes: > > From: jackson@smu.uucp (Keith Jackson) > > OBJ: BTW, do any of you idiotic UN*X people know where a fellow idiot > > can get a _real_ `vi' editor for the PC? > >Custom Software Systems made an _excellent_ vi clone for the PC - I've They're defunct. Get MKS Vi (or the MKS Toolkit or Programming Platform) for DOS or OS/2. It's great. I think the address is inquiry@mks.com (it was mentioned in the frequently asked questions posting).