Re: extended vi ? (split screens ?)

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From: Steve Mynott
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 00:00

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: Ives Aerts (ives@sonytel.be) wrote:
: : My preferred editor is vi (no comments please), but
: : there are some functions that I miss. The most important
: : of those is the ability to have multiple views in one
: : editor session (i.e. on the beginning and the end of
: : the same source file).

Try the new Berkeley vi version 'nvi'.  It seems very close to the
historic vi and has commands like ':split' for split screen display and
':help'.

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From: cf501@cs.city.ac.uk (Steve Mynott)
Subject: Re: extended vi ? (split screens ?)
Date: 1995/04/21
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