-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Emilio Perea wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 10:46:33AM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: >> for the record, it's VERY broken in Vista. >> >> running "edit" in cmd or powershell, gives, >> >> |=================================== >> |16 bit MS-DS Subsytem |x| >> |=================================== >> | >> |Windows PowerShell >> |NTVDM has encountered a system Error >> |The Specified service does not exist >> |Choose Close to Terminate the application >> ================================= >> |Close | Ignore | >> |================================== > > Although I've never had to deal with Vista, previous versions of Windows > had a "Resource Kit" available which includes vi. With some Vista > versions you can install SUA (Subsystem for UNIX Applications) which > includes tcsh and ksh with vi (packages for vim, emacs and other editors > are also available). Even with straight Windows it makes no sense to > use Microsoft's shells when JPSoft's are available. > > > i'm installed the subsystem for unix, always wondered what it actually does..
Anyway, i use gvim for editing on windows (i use vista in a vm for work). I'm going to have a look for this now (I saw that a package with unix in it's name ages ago that seemed to imply it'd run ELF binaries, but it didn't so i gave up). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIISpmLeTfO4yBSAcRAng1AKDfJf8R7B6NmEj0+HQDM+5/2995DACgxbls nRBPu3w5VFYhdpR9OEbIapU= =PpdJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
