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vile 5.2 available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Mar 4 07:38:13 1995
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 13:27:01 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
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From: pgf@id.WING.NET (Paul Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: vile 5.2 available
Organization: Wilder InterNet Gateway (wing.net)
Keywords: vile, xvile, editor, vi, emacs
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius)
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greetings --
the latest version of vile is now available on sunsite, in apps/editors/vi.
i did this as a source distribution, since my own linux system is pretty
out-of-date, and i didn't want to screw anyone up with old versions of
libraries. besides, you might want either the X or the regular flavor
of vile, and this lets you build the one you want.
the home site for vile is id.wing.net:/pub/pgf/vile, so you can pick it
up from there too if sunsite (or your favorite mirror) is busy.
for those that haven't heard of vile (and for those that would rather
forget :-), 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.
vile 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
portability to all UNIX platforms, VMS, DOS.
xvile is the X11 version of vile. in addition to the capabilities
listed above for the character-oriented version of vile, xvile offers
scrollbars and more complete mouse integration.
there is a pre-built DOS executable available (at id.wing.net), which
requires a 386 or better. it is in vile52b.zip. be warned that due to the
behavior of the Watcom extender, startup time is a tad slow. but it will
edit very big files.
vile and xvile will both run under VMS -- both VAX and alpha versions,
though the alpha port is somewhat more recent, and perhaps less stable.
there is no Windows version. it will run under OS/2 and NT as a console
application. i suppose the DOS version might run there too. but i haven't
tried that, since i've never even _seen_ an NT or an OS/2 machine.
be warned that i _don't_ claim that vile is a _clone_. it is _not_,
though it _is_ "extremely compatible". the differences will especially
show up when attempting to move :map's from real vi (or vim/nvi) to
vile. you'll probably have to tweak anything complex to get it to
work the same. that level of compatibility isn't a design center of mine.
in any case, enjoy. or don't. let me know if you like it. we (tom dickey
and kevin buettner, my co-authors, and me) like getting fan mail. there's
not much other compensation for producing free software...
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paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma)
"And where were you at 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970?"
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