[Coco] VI Editor

[phil pt]

Ty

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:54 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:

> On Monday 19 February 2018 20:26:59 Mark McDougall wrote:
>
> > On 20/02/2018 10:00 AM, phil pt wrote:
> > > Does anyone know the VI commands to move the cursor to the start
> > > mark a block then move the cursor down and mark the end block and
> > > copy & past it in the file.  checked the internet and I can not find
> > > any clear steps on how to do it?
> >
> > I think you need to learn the secret handshake first, before you start
> > using VI (or emacs)...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> The vi (now vim on my machines) made from TSEdit has no relationship to
> vi/vim on the *nixes other than being a 2 mode utility like vi/vim. So
> see the TSEdit manual for all the details. It is IMO, the best editor we
> have for the coco's because as an editor, it can run with a buffer of
> #56k, meaning it is less than 8k in total size. The original patch
> changed its name to vi, but in recent nitros9, vi has been claimed for a
> vtype window device. So you'll need to use dEd to extend its name to
> vim, with bit d7 set in the m character, but zeroed in the i character.
> The basic editor is the same regardless, so see the TSEdit docs for how
> to run it to its greatest effect.
>
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> > Mark McDougall
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