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Re: newbie wants vi
- To: Rick Moll <rickmoll at mvp dot net>, gnu-win32 <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: newbie wants vi
- From: "Micheal A. Benzinger" <bzinger at iName dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:22:47 -0600
- Cc: Rick Moll <rickmoll at mvp dot net>
Rick,
You can get a beta version of VIM that compiles right out of the box
on GNU-Win32 and it has color syntax highlighting. Here's the URL:
ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/misc/vim/beta-test/unix/vim-5.0s.tar.gz
If you do download and compile it, do the following before installing:
export SUFFIX=.exe
Mike Benzinger
At 05:49 PM 12/11/97 -0600, Rick Moll wrote:
>Sorry for the newbie question, but I've just got the gnu-win32 tools
>installed and I was disappointed that there wasn't any kind of editor.
>I'm totally new to all of this, gnu-win32, my WinNT system, and GNU in
>general.
>
>I'm completely lost without a vi; what's the easiest way to get one to
>use with the gnu-win32 tools. I understand that there is a "vim". Is
>this a vi workalike? If so where's the easiest place to get it, and
>will it easily port to the gnu-win32 environment?
>
>Thanks,
>
> Rick
>
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