On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:12:10PM +1000, Robert Elz wrote:
>     Date:        Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:41:14 -0400 (EDT)
>     From:        "Thomas Mueller" <tmueller@bluegrass.net>
>     Message-ID:  <200204251241.g3PCfDRS049239@w3.bluegrass.net>
> 
>   | Where can I find documentation regarding nvi
> 
> "man vi" on any NetBSD I suspect.
> 
>   | and how it differs from elvis or vim?
> 
> Sorry, no idea on that one.   I don't know if anyone has produced
> a comparison.  nvi is pretty faithful to the original vi though, with
> just a few additions.

Some obvious things!

1) % treats < and > as brackets, so c% at the start of
	ptr->field[ ... ]
   no longer works

2) O doesn't immediately open space above the current line

3) The file is kept open - so the existing file is always
   re-written, rather than doing a creat()
   (affects files on layered filesystems)

4) The undo chain is a pain! I prefer the undo-redo scheme!
   If you undo too much - because it hasn't left insert mode
   on a load of cursor moves - another 'u' doesn't reset things.
   Also "1pu.u.u. doesn't work (ie step through the save buffers)

I haven't looked for differences though!

	David

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