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Re: vi?




Cann't you just compile the Unix/Linux source code for vi under
gnu-win32?


---Robert Lister <robl@lentil.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Umm,
> 
> I like gnuwin, but was shocked to find that it appears to have
> no editor, not even vi.
> 
> There is a vi that comes with ( I think ) one of the Microsoft CD's
> but this version is a DOS version that doesn't understand the unix
> "/" file paths, etc, and it only runs on /dev/conin and not, say,
> /dev/tty1
> 
> Is there a version of vi that will work properly with Gnuwin?
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
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