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kentn
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response 125 of 139:
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Sep 21 01:03 UTC 1997 |
Vim has more interesting features than any other vi clone I've seen.
At the very least, it has the feature of being able to move around while
in insert mode and insert text whereever the cursor happens to be, and
it will do column block operations (v, V, and ctrl-v invoke the various
block modes). The X version is quite nice...get vim5.0 by the way, and
you can have syntax highlighting and pull-down menus (although this is
an alpha version at present and it does have a few bugs--not for the
faint of heart or the unknowledgeable!).
BTW, you could help people a bit more by making the on-line docs
available (:h should pull them up). Right now, I get:
Sorry, help file "/usr/local/share/vim/vim_help.txt" not found
Anyway, thanks for installing vim! (Vim has a web page at www.vim.org).
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tsty
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response 126 of 139:
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Sep 21 01:44 UTC 1997 |
is there a vim.exe for use on a dos b0x?
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arthurp
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response 127 of 139:
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Sep 21 02:04 UTC 1997 |
There is a vi.exe for dos. If there's no vim.exe now, maybe soon?
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omni
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response 128 of 139:
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Sep 21 02:58 UTC 1997 |
I have installed vim as my primary editor. I *love* this. Thanks so much
Valerie.
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mcnally
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response 129 of 139:
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Sep 21 06:37 UTC 1997 |
re #126: I *believe* there's a version for DOS but I *know* there's a
vim for Win95 / NT since I use it at home.
re #125: In my experience vile has the most "interesting" features but
I find its bizarre combination of vi interface with lots of emacs-isms
just makes my skin crawl.. I tend to like nvi the best as it's most like
regular vi while still having the most desirable features but vim is also
a reasonable choice.
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valerie
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response 130 of 139:
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Sep 21 13:40 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 131 of 139:
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Sep 21 13:41 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 132 of 139:
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Sep 21 13:58 UTC 1997 |
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danr
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response 133 of 139:
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Sep 21 22:35 UTC 1997 |
Where can one find the Win95 version of vim?
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kentn
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response 134 of 139:
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Sep 22 00:42 UTC 1997 |
The *is* a DOS version of vim...I use it almost every day. nvi is
the U.C. Berkeley vi, the vi that ships with BSD 4.4. If you want vim
to be as much like real vi as possible, know that there is a
compatibility mode you can tell it to use (but then you won't get many
of vim's neat features). (I think the option is ':set compatible' and
it's a toggle, so no value needed).
www.vim.org lists ftp://www.halcyon.com/local/gvr/vim/ as the URL for
Win 95/NT vim binaries.
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krj
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response 135 of 139:
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Sep 23 23:38 UTC 1997 |
I get failures on www.vim.org and www.halcyon.com/etc.
An Alta-Vista search on +vim +vi +dos turned up an FAQ, though.
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kentn
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response 136 of 139:
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Sep 24 00:12 UTC 1997 |
Try www.vim.org multiple times. I get failures the first couple tries,
too. It's a recent domain name, so maybe that has something to do
with the hit or miss connections. I was able to ftp to www.halcyon.com
just before entering :134, so maybe that's just a temporary glitch,
also. BTW, the DOS version of vim is also at halcyon.com.
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scg
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response 137 of 139:
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Sep 24 01:13 UTC 1997 |
I haven't actually done any real diagnostics on the problem, but I'm guessing
that probably one of the authoritative servers has the right information and
the other doesn't.
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krj
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response 138 of 139:
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Sep 24 05:41 UTC 1997 |
I did get a DOS version of vim downloaded from somewhere or another
which was pointed to by the FAQ. It works so far. Online help and
everything.
vim is going to be a godsend for composing e-mail offline, among other
things.
Thanks, kentn!
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kentn
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response 139 of 139:
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Sep 26 00:47 UTC 1997 |
You're welcome, krj, enjoy! (It's nice to have the same editor available
on grex, as well as on the home computer...).
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