From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 2 06:11:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA05267 for current-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 06:11:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA05259 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 06:11:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id PAA09377; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 15:01:37 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.4/8.8.2) id OAA25181; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:33:40 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:33:40 +0100 From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) To: jb@cimlogic.com.au (John Birrell) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: libtcl hoses vi! References: <199701020437.PAA23416@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL15 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199701020437.PAA23416@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>; from "John Birrell" on Jan 2, 1997 15:37:16 +1100 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John Birrell writes: > Now if vim was really *hot* (i.e. the best thing since sliced bread) maybe > I would _have_ to use it, but since it's only *cool*, well ... 8-) Oh dear :-)) > So what's cool about vim (apart from the fact that it shares the name > of an abrasive cleaning product here in Oz)? >From the DESCR file: Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX text editor vi. Only the 'Q' command is missing (you don't need it). Many new features have been added: multiple windows and buffers, multi level undo, command line history, filename completion, selection highlighting, block operations (including column/rectangular blocks), etc. an X-windows aware or a full X-windows GUI version can also be built that allows full use of the mouse and pull-down menus Portability to all UNIX platforms, Amiga DOS, MS-DOS, MS-Windows NT, and Archimedes. -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<