Hi Bram, I found some old information and a mistake in intro.txt: * The original vi source code is now freely available. * The latest version of Elvis is 2.2. Not being developed now. * The correct name seems Neovim, not NeoVim.
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# HG changeset patch # Parent f7a335817eaf0c3c6b830ed95941e88c7236ab2f diff --git a/runtime/doc/intro.txt b/runtime/doc/intro.txt --- a/runtime/doc/intro.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/intro.txt @@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ In this documentation there are several Vi "the original". Without further remarks this is the version of Vi that appeared in Sun OS 4.x. ":version" returns "Version 3.7, 6/7/85". Sometimes other versions are referred - to. Only runs under Unix. Source code only available with a - license. More information on Vi can be found through: - http://vi-editor.org [doesn't currently work...] + to. Only runs under Unix. Source code is now available with a + BSD-style license. More information on Vi can be found through: + http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ *Posix* Posix From the IEEE standard 1003.2, Part 2: Shell and utilities. Generally known as "Posix". This is a textual description of @@ -286,10 +286,9 @@ Nvi The "New" Vi. The version of Vi tha *Elvis* Elvis Another Vi clone, made by Steve Kirkendall. Very compact but isn't as flexible as Vim. - The version used is 2.1. It is still being developed. Source code is - freely available. - *NeoVim* -NeoVim A Vim clone. Forked the Vim source in 2014 and went a different way. + The latest version is 2.2. Source code is freely available. + *Neovim* +Neovim A Vim clone. Forked the Vim source in 2014 and went a different way. Very much bound to github and has many more dependencies, making development more complex and limiting portability. Code has been refactored, resulting in patches not being exchangeable with Vim.
