Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahuta.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ahuta!dmt From: dmt@ahuta.UUCP (d.tutelman) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.wanted Subject: Re: vi for ibm-pc Message-ID: <144@ahuta.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 08:55:51 EST Article-I.D.: ahuta.144 Posted: Thu Dec 6 08:55:51 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:52:15 EST References: <362@hou2e.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.micro.pc:2945 net.wanted:5285 REFERENCES: <362@hou2e.UUCP> As a followup to Dave Bloom's recommendation of Emerging Technology's EDIX: I use EDIX on the PC and vi on UNIX. EDIX is only sightly vi-ish. It is modeless, and uses function keys and Alt-? keys as commands (more like emacs than vi, though the choice of keys is more intuitive than emacs). In moving between editors, I hit a lot of wrong keys in the first five minutes. However, it's the best I've found so far. As to its developer's experience, Marc Rochkind worked at Bell Labs for over ten years. He spent a lot of time developing PWB tools; for instance, I believe he's the inventor of SCCS (Source Code Control System). (Don't confuse him with Mark Rochkind, also ex-BTL after >>10 years. Marc is a REAL developer, Mark a researcher. I know them both, and can vouch for the characterization.) Dave Tutelman - ATTIS Holmdel