Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 10:48:43 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: d_burr@ix.netcom.com (Donald Burr) Cc: web@merit.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which vi is used in FreeBSD 2.1 ?? Message-ID: <199601031748.KAA14974@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960103044621.768B@ncc-1701-d> from "Donald Burr" at Jan 3, 96 04:50:36 am
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> > Subject says it all. Some modern flavours of UNIX on PCs use
> > a less that true Bill Joy derived version of vi. Which version
> > if vi does FreeBSD use in 2.1 release?
>
> FreeBSD uses, I believe, the "nvi" editor by Keith Bostic. Supposedly nvi
> is a "bug-for-bug compatible replacement for the original Fourth Berkeley
> Software Distribution (4BSD) ex and vi programs."
>
> So far for me, it has seemed pretty faithful, except that, when you first
> enter a file, vi would show something like:
>
> "foo.c": 48 lines, 1020 characters
>
> at the bottom of the screen, whereas nvi shows:
>
> "README", unmodified: line 1
>
> Kinda annoying, since the statistics (lines and characters) are usually
> important to me when editing something. But oh well.
It also puts two spaces instead of one after "!" and "?" and "." on a join
line ("J") command.
It also does not restore VT100 cursor key application mode when you ":sh"
or "^Z"/fg the vi session.
The first, at least, has been reported, and Keith doesn't want to change
it or make it optional.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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