vi for Windows
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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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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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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
*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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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
I agree. Vim is probably the best vi in the world. :) -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...
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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 ----
Only a true computer geek could come up with such a joke. :-D -- ...Coca Cola, sometimes war...
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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
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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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
That's why there gvim! :rolleyes: Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]
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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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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]
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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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...
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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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
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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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
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.
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
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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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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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