Re: vi/vim/elvis/* (was "Re: Strip SIG on reply")
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> > Solaris vi goes to the end of the word.
> > (It repeats the beeping - in vile I made that behavior optional).
>
> Okay, now this is getting even more interesting. . .
>
> Tru64's (BSD-based) VI stops at the start of the last word and starts
A lot of Tru64 (OSF/1) is original implementation rather than being copied
from older sources. While technically accurate, it tends to not have a
lot of legacy quirks. (For the other extreme, see HPUX).
> beeping away, like elvis. Now, does that mean BSD's VIs all behave
> like elvis? Do we have any *BSD dudes here who can help out? (I'm way
> too tired to hop on the console of my local firewall at this hour.)
> My next question would be about SunOS's VI. (Unfortunately, I have no
like Solaris, SunOS's vi goes to the end of the word. Ditto IRIX64.
> access to a SunOS (pre-namechange-to-Solaris - i.e., 100% BSD-based)
> machine.) I'm also curious about AIX (AT&T-based), but I have friends
> with AIX access, so I can hopefully report on that myself soon.
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