I've used vim on both Linux and Windows. Vim is probably the best vi editor in
existence. It's been ported more than once to OpenVMS, but when I've tried to
use it, there've been warts.
Especially intriguing about VILE is the potential for a Perl interface. I would
like to see an editor that could be extended with Perl.
The TPU/EDT emulators that run on NT and Unix miss the point. I want to get
_away_ from dependence on keypad features, not extend my dependence to new
systems.
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> Subject: RE: Any interest in porting emacs 20.x to OpenVMS v7.x
>
>
> Jordan Henderson wrote:
>
> > Anyway, my research has given me the following options:
> >
> > Emacs (and support an effort to get it more
> current on OpenVMS).
> >
> > VILE
>
> To add a couple of alternatives into your mix: Boston
> Business Computing
> has a VMS editor emulator that runs on some unixes and NT. It'll cost
> on the order of $300.00 to license on NT although you can obtain
> trial downloads from them.
>
> The vi that seems to be popular on Linux is vim. I am under
> the impression
> that vim has been ported to a large number of platforms
> although I've not
> seen it in use on VMS and do not know if it has been ported.
>
> My most extensive use of Emacs was on Ultrix where I used it
> because of
> it's EDT emulator. I recently attempted to run a binary port
> of NT emacs
> but never got the edt elisp thing to run without error (this
> attempt was
> short lived and may be worth further exploration).
>
> Peter Prymmer
>
