On 10/4/15 8:40 PM, "Colin Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 15-10-04 06:29 PM, Ivan Kuznetsov wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Karen S. Billings <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> I'm a former Bell Labs engineer, where I used Unix (vi, awk, shell, >>>etc.) everyday. >>> I got so used to using those tools, and I find I miss their power... >>> >>> I'm really struggling to learn how to use the "tools" available to me >>>on my PC. I used >>> to have a version of vi available as part of MKS toolkit, but it >>>hasn't worked in years... >>> >>> How would somebody like me gain access to vi (and other Unix-like >>>tools)? >> By using Lilypond under Linux. >> > >If you are required to stay with Windows, you might have a look at >cygwin: https://www.cygwin.com/ You can also use the MinGW tools. http://www.mingw.org/ They are lighter weight (but less comprehensive) than cygwin. You could also run a VirtualBox virtual machine under Windows with a Linux environment. Finally, there is a version of vim for Windows: http://www.vim.org/download.php HTH, Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
