OS/2 Shareware BBS: 5 Edit/05-Edit.zip/STVI369G.ZIP/README.GRR

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This is the Stevie vi clone version 3.69 (the most up-to-date version
of which I'm aware).  The only other OS/2 version I've found is the
one on novell.com and latrobe (I think), which is 3.10 or so.  That
version has some significant failings, among them the lack of the "R"
(replace) and "u" (undo) commands; the inability to do shell escapes;
and an apparent limitation of about 15K(??) on the size of edited files.

All of those shortcomings are fixed in this version, and in addition
I've added HPFS long-name support (including the use of Kai Uwe Rommel's
IsFileSystemFAT() code to determine whether or not to truncate the
filename).  I also fixed several bugs (all typos) in the os2.c module,
and I indented a bunch of the #defines to help with debugging and to
make the header files more readable.  I've been using this version fairly
heavily for the last couple weeks with no problems, so I figured I'd make
it available.

Note that Stevie is described as "an aspiring vi clone"; it's still
missing a lot of the ex commands, for instance.  The inability to grok
commands of the form ":.,$d" is the major drawback for me, but the DOS
version of Stevie shares this problem.  There are also a number of in-
consistencies in the cursor positioning, but they're relatively minor.
I found more problems with the Elvis clone when it was released, so I've
stuck with Stevie ever since.

I've called this version 3.69grr since there are 3.69a and 3.69b ver-
sions out already, and for all I know there may be any number of others.
Mine should be uniquely identified, at least. :-)  Both source and an
OS/2 (16-bit, protected-mode-only) executable are included.  The source
for 3.69a was also posted to comp.sources.misc, volume 11, in March 1990.

Greg Roelofs
23 Oct 1991