Hello,
I've prepared a new maintainer upload of elvis and it is available
at
http://www.imsc.res.in/~kapil/debian/elvis/elvis*4adopt3*
(If someone agrees to sponsor this I will of course up the version to
2.2.0-5.)
As I explained in my ITA the reasons for adopting this package are:
* The package *may* be dead upstream but the editor
is pretty complete so perhaps not serious changes
other than bug fixes are reqd.
* elvis-console is a serious contender for a "good" vi
that is slightly superior to "nvi" (it has syntax coloring
and split windows) but is not significantly larger (445400
vs. 360760). See the thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/12/msg00796.html
* After this upload there will be no open bugs.
* Elvis should continue to rock :)
* I use it and have used it since my Minix days. Hey! Since
it was in Minix maybe even Linus has used it :)
Thanks and regards,
Kapil.
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Package: elvis
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Provides: man-browser, www-browser
Source: elvis
Description: powerful clone of the vi/ex text editor
Comes in two versions with/without X11 support.
Elvis is a clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor. It supports
nearly all of the vi/ex commands, in both visual mode and ex mode.
Elvis adds support for multiple files, multiple windows, a variety of
display modes (including syntax highlighting, man, tex, html and
hex), an X11 user interface (optional), on-line help,
folding, spell checking, new options, auto commands, regions, enhanced
tags, printing, aliases and an improved :map command.
Like vi/ex, Elvis stores most of the text in a temporary file,
instead of RAM. This allows it to edit files that are too large to
fit in a single process' data space.
Also, the edit buffer can survive a power failure or crash.
Homepage: http://elvis.vi-editor.org
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