[Coco] VI Editor

[Bill Pierce]

Gene, just so you know... Vi wasn't "recently claimed" by NitrOS9. It was the name of the descriptor for the AGIVIRQDrv driver "originally" written for the Sierra games King's Quest III & Leisure Suit Larry over 30 years ago (1986), distributed by Tandy, and predates your patch by a few years... NitrOS9 just reclaimed it back.
Back in the late 80s, I started using patched TSEdit (then named Vi) and had to rename it as my boots included the Sierra driver.

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 19, 2018 11:54 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] VI Editor

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.> --> Mark McDougall> <http://retroports.blogspot.com.au>-- Cheers, Gene Heskett--"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."-Ed Howdershelt (Author)Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco