Beyond vi - Towards a modern command mode

http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2010/beyond-vi

by artost • 16 years ago

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adolph• 16 years ago

Oh sweet, I hadn't noticed the new feature and I've been looking at a bridge from my current text editors (e and BBEdit) to vim. Thanks for linking to this.

Autre• 16 years ago

You cannot really suggest a vi replacement that runs on non-UNIX. Sorry, I'd like to try it out.

jamesgeck0• 16 years ago

By that logic, vi isn't vi enough. Surly you mean a "that does not run on UNIX"

artost• 16 years ago

Actually the source is available and quite a few people have made it run on Linux. From what I hear it is still pretty unstable on Linux, but if a few gurus grabbed hold of it, it would probably quickly get up to speed.

wwortiz2• 16 years ago

I think it probably could have been working on linux with outside contributors if the license[1] did not contain strict requirements such as maintaining licensing.

So the source is indeed available but it isn't really open so it hurts in outside contributions.

[1] http://github.com/etexteditor/e/blob/master/docs/license.txt

alinajaf• 16 years ago

I was paying attention up to the part where you make it start in insert mode for use with the mouse, menus etc. I like working in the terminal, with as little mouse action as humanly possible, and (for crying out loud) in normal mode. Normal mode is where the action happens, and I'm fairly sure I'm not the only vim user who feels that way.

The commands definitely look interesting though.

alextgordon• 16 years ago

Most windows users will not be familiar with modal editing, so making it start in insert mode is a good choice to avoid alienating users.

On the other hand, this would be a good preference.

Beyond vi - Towards a modern command mode

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