Elvis: Difference between revisions

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Elvis is a multi-platform text editor that basically clones the functionality of the vi/ex editor that is shipped with most UNIX-like systems. It simulates both the visual mode and ex mode of vi and supports the bulk of the commands vi offers but in addition has features such as support for multiple files, multiple windows, binary editing, a variety of display modes including notably a HTML mode that even has rudimentary browsing capabilities, a mode for viewing LaTeX files, on-line help and other miscellaneous extensions.

Available for DOS, MS Windows and a few UNIX-like systems in addition to OS/2. While primarily a text mode application Elvis also provides an X11 graphical interface on OS/2 and Unix like systems and can be used natively on OS/2 or eComStation with a X server like Hoblink.

Version

Latest version: 2.2.1 (2014-12-23)

Note that the Unix versions of the editor rely on a spell checking library shipped as standard with the system, for DOS, Windows and OS/2 versions you should download the "linux.words.2.tar.gz" file from the main file archive listed below to get a full spell checking functionality.

Language Support

English - Built in

Syntax highlighting

Built in

AWK, C, C++, diffs, FORTRAN, HTML, Java, Make files, Man pages, Pascal, Perl, PostScript, sh, Tcl and VRML.

License

Open source software released under the Clarified Artistic License

Links

Author

Steve Kirkendall (Original author)
Martin Dietze (OS/2 port)
Lee Johnson (X11 code)

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-Elvis is a multi-platform text editor that basically clones the functionality of the '''vi/ex''' editor that is shipped as standard with most UNIX like systems. It simulates both the visual mode and ex mode of [[vi]] and supports the bulk of the commands vi offers but in addition has features such as support for multiple files, multiple windows, binary editing, a variety of display modes including notably a [[HTML]] mode that even has rudimentary browsing capabilities, a mode for viewing [[LaTeX]] files, on-line help and other miscellaneous extensions.
+Elvis is a multi-platform text editor that basically clones the functionality of the '''vi/ex''' editor that is shipped with most UNIX-like systems. It simulates both the visual mode and ex mode of [[vi]] and supports the bulk of the commands vi offers but in addition has features such as support for multiple files, multiple windows, binary editing, a variety of display modes including notably a [[HTML]] mode that even has rudimentary browsing capabilities, a mode for viewing [[LaTeX]] files, on-line help and other miscellaneous extensions.
-Available for [[DOS]], [[MS Windows]] and a few Unix like systems in addition to OS/2. While primarily a text mode application Elvis also provides an [[X11]] graphical interface on OS/2 and Unix like systems and can be used natively on OS/2 or eComStation with a X11 client like [[Hoblink]].
+Available for [[DOS]], [[MS Windows]] and a few UNIX-like systems in addition to OS/2. While primarily a text mode application Elvis also provides an [[X11]] graphical interface on OS/2 and Unix like systems and can be used natively on OS/2 or eComStation with a X server like [[Hoblink]].
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 ==Language Support==
-* English - Built in.
+* English - Built in
 ==Syntax highlighting==