On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 09:38:01AM -0700, David Welton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:13:52AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:
>
> > > We have about 4 or 5 other vi clones so there is no need for
> > > re-packaging it. If you don't need it I'd appreciate you work
> > > on better packages.
> >
> > 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> > ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> > is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> > made free.
>
> Vile is supposed to be pretty good, why not package that up instead of
> elvis? Offhand I don't know the licensing though..
It's free as it seems from the first view. The second view tells
you it's non-free, unfortunately.
Nevertheless I'm packaging it right now. If s/o else wants to take
it over, contact me.
> Powered by emacs;-)
Yep, derived from MicroEmacs
Regards,
Joey
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