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Linux-Announce Digest #80
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Tue Jan 30 11:20:33 1996
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Linux-Announce Digest #80, Volume #2 Tue, 30 Jan 96 05:13:15 EST
Contents:
LOCAL: (San Diego) Meeting with Father of Linux (John Maslanik)
vile/xvile 5.6 available (Paul Fox)
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From: maz@connectnet.com (John Maslanik)
Subject: LOCAL: (San Diego) Meeting with Father of Linux
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 01:35:58 GMT
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For those Linux Users in the San Diego Area:
A Linux User's Group Meeting has been scheduled with Linus Torvalds as the
speaker. The meeting is Monday, 29 January 1995 and is being held at
Vortex Data Systems in the Mission Valley Area. For more information
contact John Maslanik at root@mlx.net.
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From: pgf@id.wing.net (Paul Fox)
Subject: vile/xvile 5.6 available
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 14:15:54 GMT
Reply-To: pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us
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hello --
i've put a new copy of vile up for ftp. the latest version is 5.6.
it's in:
ftp://id.wing.net/pub/pgf/vile/vile-5.6.tar.gz
it is also available from any mirror of the sunsite Linux archive,
down under apps/editors/vi.
it has been in use by quite a number of folks for at least a month, so
i think it's safe. ;-)
i'm distributing this announcement pretty widely because vile builds
on a lot of platforms:
- pretty much all UNIX systems, as either a "standard" or an X11 app.
- VMS, on VAX or Alpha, again as "standard" or X11.
- DOS, with memory extenders (e.g. DJGPP, or Watcom's dos4gw)
- Win32 (i.e. Win95 or WinNT as a console app -- no menus, etc.)
- OS/2 (as a console app.)
the other reason i'm announcing widely is that i've been told that
i've under-announced in the past.
for those that haven't heard of vile, here's a synopsis:
vile is a text editor. it is extremely compatible with vi in terms of
"finger feel". in addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas,
notably:
multi-file editing and viewing
key rebinding (in addition to :map, :map!, and :abbr)
mouse support (in an xterm, or when built as xvile)
infinite undo
many additional operator commands
selection highlighting
rectangular operations
"next error" cursor positioning after compilation
full function- and arrow-key support
filename, command, internal mode and variable completion
command, search string, filename history
auxiliary utilities for man page and C program syntax highlighting
built-in macro language -- it's not beautiful, but it _is_ useful.
portability to all UNIX platforms, VMS, DOS, NT, Win95, OS/2.
xvile is the X11 version of vile. in addition to the capabilities
listed above for the character-oriented version of vile, xvile offers
scrollbars, color support, and more complete mouse integration.
i make pre-built binaries available for the PC operating systems on an
"as available" basis.
be warned that i _don't_ claim that vile is a _clone_. it is _not_,
though it _is_ "extremely compatible". if you want a more exact clone,
there are others available (like vim, and nvi). but a lot of people
prefer vile. you be the judge.
the name is a bad joke of an acronym: "VI Like Emacs", which
most people on both sides of the fence agree is a pretty vile concept.
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_please_ direct email regarding vile to my home address, in my .sig below.
(i'll be at Usenix this week, so email will probably not be answered until
after that.)
paul
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paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma)
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