Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekig4.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekig5!tekig4!rosalia From: rosalia@tekig4.UUCP (Mark Galassi) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple Subject: Re: Is there a micro vi? Message-ID: <117@tekig4.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 10:11:06 EDT Article-I.D.: tekig4.117 Posted: Tue Jun 4 10:11:06 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 06:10:32 EDT References: <1745@sunybcs.UUCP> Reply-To: rosalia@tekig4.UUCP (Mark Galassi) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 19 In article <1745@sunybcs.UUCP> wahl@sunybcs.UUCP (Norman Wahl) writes: > Does anyone know: > -Is it legal to create a micro editor which has the same command >formats (or, realistically, a good subset thereof) as vi? > -Has it been done, commercially or privately, and for which micro(s)? >I'm interested in getting one, or writing one, for the Apple ][+ myself. >Norm Wahl >University of Buffalo There is a very good subset of vi which runs on the Macintosh with the Aztec C compiler, or on IBM PCs (bleah!) with MS-DOS. It is called 'z', marketed bu Manx Software, and you will find it hard to find a command which vi has and it doesn't. It is just missing a couple of the 'ex' underlying commands. It will yank text, redraw screen, read files, it does everything I use. I don't know if it exists for the Apple ][, but as you see, it is available for micros. Good luck, Mark Galassi tektronix!tekig4!rosalia