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- From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
- Subject: comp.editors - VI Archives ;
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- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- Date: Sun, 7 Nov 93 02:00:05 GMT
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- Archive-name: editor-faq/VI-Archive-filelist
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE VI ARCHIVE HAS REORGANIZED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- Now it is divided into three parts:
-
- 1. Documents and introductions.
- 2. Comp.Editor disscussions.
- 3. Macros.
-
- Part 1 consist mainly of stuff that is explisit written for VI, but
- you can aslo find Comp.Editors thread in this area. This is
- also the Top-Level area in the VI archives.
-
- Part 2 contains comp.editors threads mainly. Looking here is like
- looking for FAQ's on VI.
-
- Part 3 the "old" macro directory.
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE VI ARCHIVE HAS REORGANIZED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
-
- FTP:
- Remeber that those who allow anonymous-ftp are very kind. Please do
- not misuse or abuse YOUR privilegde using anonymous FTP.
- Think twice before fetching, esp if you are a long-distance ftp'er.
-
- If you are going to use FTP, use the site that is the closest to you
- counting NET-VICE. If you don't know what I'm talking about, please
- ask someone who know (ie. your system administrator).
- IF YOU HAVE FTP-ACCESS, DO *NOT* USE THE MAILSERVER. Not even if you
- temporarly cannot reach the ftp-sites.
- The mirroring sites are always updated.
-
- Why YOU shold use the site closest to you NET-VICE:
- - Faster access.
- - Reducing the net load.
- - Keeping the site.
-
- The main archive is in Bergen, Norway, EUROPE.
- alf.uib.no is mirrored thru sites around the world.
- Please use the site closest to you.
- The mirroing sites are ALWAYS updated.
-
- Please do NOT use ftp to the sites during peak hours at the various
- locations. Please respect this or else, if there is too much FTP'ing
- going on prime time to the various places, the ftp site may have to
- shut down. NON OF US WOULD WANT THAT, WOULD WE ?
-
- The following sites contains the VI/EX archives:
-
- European users:
- Main site: alf.uib.no (129.177.30.3)
- Filearea: pub/vi
- Maintainer: Ove Ruben R Olsen (Ruben@UiB.no)
- Location: Bergen, Norway, EUROPE.
- Peak hours: 07.00 am GMT to 03.00 pm GMT
-
- Japanese users:
- Mirror site: utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (133.11.11.11)
- Filearea: misc/vi-archive
- Maintainer: Eric E. Bowles (bowles@utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan, ASIA.
- Peak hours: 01.00 am GMT to 09.00 am GMT
-
- USA, Canada and Mexican users:
- Mirror site: cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4)
- Filearea: /pub/vi
- Maintainer: Dave Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu)
- Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Peak hours: None.
-
- Mirror site: ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9)
- Filearea: /pub/text-processing/vi
- Maintainer: archive@uunet.uu.net
- Location: Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Peak hours: None.
-
- Australia, NZ and the rest Down Under:
- Main site: monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
- Filearea: /pub/Vi
- Maintainer: Steve Balogh (steve@cc.monash.edu.au)
- Location: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA.
- Peak hours: Not relevent
-
-
- This site is listed here for convinience to those who do not have
- an Inet link, but do subscribe to GEnie.
- GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange):
- Mirror site: Ultimate archive
- Filearea: GEnie Unix RoundTable, library 11: Editors
- Maintainer: GEnie mail=GARS
- Location: Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Peak hours: Available 24 hours but connect charges are reduced
- from 1800 until 0800 local connect time (international
- connect subject to PDN tarriffs)
- Add. info.: Maint. may be contacted at (01) 501-227-7817
- Gary Smith / P. O. Drawer 7680 / Little Rock, AR 72217
-
- EMAIL:
- I have built a Tiny Little Mailserver. This mailserver will send files to
- those with NO FTP-access at all.
- The mailservers adress is ruben@uib.no, the same adress wich is in the
- Reply-To: field.
- To get a file from the mailserver put the keyword GET in the subject line.
- Example:
- Subject: GET vi.passwd.Z
-
- To get files in the macro area, put macros/ before the filname.
- Example:
- Subject: GET macros/upcase
-
- The Mailserver will only understand the GET command.
- The Mailserver will send a Controll File for each file requested. The
- controll file will give you status information about your request.
- The mailserver can only handle ONE FILE PER REQUEST. If you want more than
- one file, send several Emails.
- DO NOT request the whole archive! If you request the whole archive I'm
- going to mail your admin about it. If you want the whole archive, request
- a small amounts (max 10) of files everyday.
- Before fetching a file, think: "Do I realy need this file, or is it just
- 'nice to have it' ?"
- All files will be run thru uuencode(1) before mailed, even textfiles.
- If you do not get a reply withing reasonable time, please do not send
- more request about the file(s). The mailserver is probaly down if this
- happends. If the server is down, it will be restarted withing 24 hours.
-
- BEWARE: If the mailserver DOES NOT UNDERSTAND the receiptent-adress,
- no mail will be forwarded. The maintainer does NOT have the
- time to manualy process badly formed adresses.
-
-
- CONTRIBUTION:
- If you have stuff about ex/vi, macros, tips and tricks, plase email it to
- Ruben@uib.no for inclusion in the archive.
-
-
- ________________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- \Ruben
- --
- Ove Ruben "Gnarfer" R Olsen a VI user. IRCNO Secretary. Prefered: ruben@uib.no
- Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of Comp.Editors FAQ's. People that
- are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when it comes to editing
- But I do believe this is a general rule in life.
-