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Re: request for a vi editor

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From: Luke Brennan
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:40
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In article <TARJEIJ.92Sep24082429@ulrik.uio.no>, tarjeij@ulrik.uio.no (Tarjei Jensen) writes:
> Forget the vi writtten in TPU. It is barely usable. Try instead elvis which is
> supposed to be VMS compatible from the 1.5 version. It is available on one of
> the spring tapes; either L&T or VAX SIG (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

	the ELVIS v1.5 *does* work under VMS.  I grabbed it to quieten the
	crazed Unix types who wanted VI. I haven't heard a peep from them
	since it came, so it must be working pretty well!

	(ftp it from coco.cchs.su.oz.au in the [.ELVIS] directory)
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Subject: Re: request for a vi editor
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