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  • M megaadam

    If you want roots try to find an emulator for TECO. Anyone who is old enough to know it has got a smile on his face now. :):):):confused::):):) _____________________________________ Action without thought is not action Action without emotion is not life

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    Steve Mayfield
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    TECO rocked!!! I even ported it to a system based on the Signetics 2650 processor back in the mid 70s - code came in at around 20K which left about 10K for data buffers. I still use the MS-DOS implementation of the EDT editor for much of my code inputting... I just located links for DOS/Windows/Linux versions of Teco Find them here[^] Steve

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    • C Chris Maunder

      I could Google, but I wanted a valuable opinion, not merely a search engine's opinion, on what the best vi emulator for Windows is. I feel the need to go back to my roots. No more intellisense, or indeed mouse support for me. :-D cheers, Chris Maunder

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      Maximilien
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      for REAL pain, I suggest emacs ...


      Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

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      • C Chris Maunder

        I could Google, but I wanted a valuable opinion, not merely a search engine's opinion, on what the best vi emulator for Windows is. I feel the need to go back to my roots. No more intellisense, or indeed mouse support for me. :-D cheers, Chris Maunder

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        Jim Crafton
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        Oh for God's sake stop being a bunch of pansies and use ed[^] and if that's too hard there's always the trusty DOS edline[^] ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned

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        • L l a u r e n

          what exactly is that? u can run unix stuff on a windows platform? like a vmware type thing?


          "there is no spoon"
          biz stuff about me

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          Stuart Dootson
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          No, it's another sub-system layered on top of the Windows kernel - so if I list my processes, I've got 'cron', 'inetd' etc running, as part of the SFU sub-system. If I start up a ksh window, I can access my Windows file-system as part of the SFU file-system - the root directory of my C drive is /dev/fs/C/. You get pretty much all of the usual Unix utilities and, best of all, it's free! Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'

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          • C Chris Maunder

            I could Google, but I wanted a valuable opinion, not merely a search engine's opinion, on what the best vi emulator for Windows is. I feel the need to go back to my roots. No more intellisense, or indeed mouse support for me. :-D cheers, Chris Maunder

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            Michael Dunn
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            *scratches head* I'm trying to figure out why you want a program called "six"... ;P --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ----

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            • G Gary Ash

              Vim, www.vim.org. The best vi everywhere (I don't know where you can't run vim) Most linux systems have vim as their vi

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              Jorgen Sigvardsson
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              I agree. Vim is probably the best vi in the world. :) -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...

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              • M Michael Dunn

                *scratches head* I'm trying to figure out why you want a program called "six"... ;P --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ----

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                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                Only a true computer geek could come up with such a joke. :-D -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...

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                • G Gary Ash

                  Vim, www.vim.org. The best vi everywhere (I don't know where you can't run vim) Most linux systems have vim as their vi

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                  Heath Stewart
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                  It's what I've been using for many, many years. It's very power and I highly suggest it, too. In fact, that's what I've been using for a lot of my bug fixes where I work, as well as most of my example code I post in the C# and .NET forums for people. Both console mode and graphics mode (gvim) are superb. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]

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                  • C Christopher Duncan

                    Chris Maunder wrote: what the best vi emulator for Windows is. Good lord, man, get hold of yourself. "Mommy, what's a modal editor?" "It's a grim relic from the dark times, dear. Before the GUI. Before the Empire..." Friends don't let friends use vi. :) Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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                    Heath Stewart
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                    That's why there gvim! :rolleyes: Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]

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                    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                      Only a true computer geek could come up with such a joke. :-D -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...

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                      Shog9 0
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                      Or a Roman...
                      You**'re one microscopic cog** in his catastrophic plan...

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                      • H Heath Stewart

                        It's what I've been using for many, many years. It's very power and I highly suggest it, too. In fact, that's what I've been using for a lot of my bug fixes where I work, as well as most of my example code I post in the C# and .NET forums for people. Both console mode and graphics mode (gvim) are superb. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]

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                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                        You should install vim at work, and use it and csc.exe only. See if you can freak anybody out. "I don't need no stinking resource editor. vim does it all!" :-D -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...

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                        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                          You should install vim at work, and use it and csc.exe only. See if you can freak anybody out. "I don't need no stinking resource editor. vim does it all!" :-D -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...

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                          Heath Stewart
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                          Actually, that's what I said I do (depending on the situation) and many people use it internally for quick things. You can even see vim and gvim used from time to time in .NET Show and MSDN TV! Sometimes opening up large solutions just takes too long for quick fixes. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]

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                            what exactly is that? u can run unix stuff on a windows platform? like a vmware type thing?


                            "there is no spoon"
                            biz stuff about me

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                            NetDave
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                            l a u r e n wrote: what exactly is that? It's a replacement for the ill-conceived POSIX subsystem that they bundled into NT way back when. The POSIX implementation was hideous so MS went out and bought Interix a few years ago. I have to say, IMHO, that it is exceptionally well integrated with Windows, a pretty much full-blown UNIX environment, and really convenient. I was using it to write scripts that bounced back and forth between SFU and Windows, depending on which environment is most convenient for a particular operation. For example, using grep, sed, and/or awk to create a batch files, then back to Windows to execute them. There's a good newsgroup on the msnet.microsoft.com news server (microsoft.public.servicesforunix.general) that has been very helpful for answering my questions. QRZ? de WAØTTN

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                              l a u r e n wrote: what exactly is that? It's a replacement for the ill-conceived POSIX subsystem that they bundled into NT way back when. The POSIX implementation was hideous so MS went out and bought Interix a few years ago. I have to say, IMHO, that it is exceptionally well integrated with Windows, a pretty much full-blown UNIX environment, and really convenient. I was using it to write scripts that bounced back and forth between SFU and Windows, depending on which environment is most convenient for a particular operation. For example, using grep, sed, and/or awk to create a batch files, then back to Windows to execute them. There's a good newsgroup on the msnet.microsoft.com news server (microsoft.public.servicesforunix.general) that has been very helpful for answering my questions. QRZ? de WAØTTN

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                              Andrew Peace
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                              Does it have SSH support? Also, does it come with libraries to compile other UNIX apps against? I was thinking that I'd prefer to use Bash rather than the shells provided... -- Andrew.

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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                I could Google, but I wanted a valuable opinion, not merely a search engine's opinion, on what the best vi emulator for Windows is. I feel the need to go back to my roots. No more intellisense, or indeed mouse support for me. :-D cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                Jeremy Falcon
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                                Clickety I like this one because it's vi and it uses Windows shortcuts too (like CTRL+V, etc.). So you get the best of both worlds. Oh, for the others that dis vi, they need to understand something. If you take the time to learn vi you'll wonder why other editors seem so "dumb." :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                  Does it have SSH support? Also, does it come with libraries to compile other UNIX apps against? I was thinking that I'd prefer to use Bash rather than the shells provided... -- Andrew.

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                                  NetDave
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                                  Andrew Peace wrote: Does it have SSH support? I don't know. I don't have it installed on my current machine. But it would be a good question for the newsgroup I quoted above. I was running it a couple of years ago and haven't needed to use it lately, so I didn't install it on the computer that I switched over to a few months ago. Andrew Peace wrote: Also, does it come with libraries to compile other UNIX apps against? It comes with gcc so you should be able to build just about anything. I believe it comes with bash as well as all the other standard shells. As I recall, it comes with all the GNU stuff ready to run. :cool: QRZ? de WAØTTN

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                                    Clickety I like this one because it's vi and it uses Windows shortcuts too (like CTRL+V, etc.). So you get the best of both worlds. Oh, for the others that dis vi, they need to understand something. If you take the time to learn vi you'll wonder why other editors seem so "dumb." :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                    NetDave
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                                    Jeremy Falcon wrote: If you take the time to learn vi Amen, brother! I could not fathom vi at all when I was first introduced to it. I still can't drive it very well, but I have seen vi masters that make it absolutely scream. I wish I had more reason to learn it well because even though I find it a bit arcane, it's reputation alone from the advocates has sold me. QRZ? de WAØTTN

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                                    • C Chris Maunder

                                      I could Google, but I wanted a valuable opinion, not merely a search engine's opinion, on what the best vi emulator for Windows is. I feel the need to go back to my roots. No more intellisense, or indeed mouse support for me. :-D cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                      Rocky Moore
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                                      I know the stress has piled on you lately with all the Google Ads, crashing servers and infinite loops, but is it really that bad? Have you checked into medication? :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.MyQuickPoll.com - 2004 Election poll is #33 www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com "We plan for the future, we learn from the past, we live life in the present!"

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                                      • L l a u r e n

                                        for that basic grungy command line editing i use joe on linux brings back memories of wordstar *sigh*


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                                        Roger Wright
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                                        l a u r e n wrote: memories of wordstar I think I may have a copy around here somewhere if you need it... [rummages in closet... crash - bang- "Ouch!!" ...] Ahah! There it is, right next to Visicalc for CP/M. Will the 8" floppy be okay, or would you rather have it on audio cassette? "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City

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