elvis 1.4 (vi implementation) available. Working term support.

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Next in my short string of cross-compiling fun is elvis 1.4. elvis is a small implementation of vi, with all the expected behaviors.

This distribution includes a short terminfo database, and instructions for setup so that your terminal support should work. I've tried to make things as easy and well-documented as possible.

Maybe this will vindicate me around my unix friends for making nano (pico like editor) available.

As always, feedback to forum. Thanks.

[onyx00]

So why use this rather than using VI on a Tivo box?

Onyx, who likes his Vi. And doesn't know what this elvis stuff is.

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Originally posted by onyx00
So why use this rather than using VI on a Tivo box?

vi itself is a specification, not a program. Many programs are written to be _a_ vi, including vim (the vi you're probably using on your tivo now), elvis, and nvi.

elvis is "yet another vi", but it is a pretty small/reliable one. I mostly packaged it up because I was having trouble with the termcap method in which vim was packaged for tivo. (No offense to the packager. vim is a SOB to cross-compile, and kudos for getting that to work.) I just packaged elvis to use a terminfo database, and included that with the file as well.

So if you're already happily using vi on your tivo, you don't need this. :)