From 2ecc19c03f2388e5bf64b86edec6cef4b4ce6fbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: obrien Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:32:45 +0000 Subject: Update info. Submitted by: Sven Guckes --- editors/vim5/pkg-descr | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'editors/vim5') diff --git a/editors/vim5/pkg-descr b/editors/vim5/pkg-descr index c841370b62c..b48bf2104ff 100644 --- a/editors/vim5/pkg-descr +++ b/editors/vim5/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,23 @@ -Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX text editor vi. Only the 'Q' -command is missing (you don't need it). +Vim is a virtually compatible, extreamly enhanced, version of the UNIX +text editor vi. -Many new features have been added: +There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi level undo, multi-windows +and buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing, filename completion, +on-line help, visual selection, etc.. + +Many features above standard vi's have been added: multiple windows and buffers, multi level undo, command line history, filename completion, selection highlighting, block operations (including - column/rectangular blocks), etc. + column/rectangular blocks), syntax highlighting, on-line help, etc. + Embeded Perl, Tcl, and Python support. + See ":help vi_diff" for a summary of the differences between Vim and Vi. - an X-windows aware or a full X-windows GUI version can also be built + An X-windows aware or a full X-windows GUI version can also be built that allows full use of the mouse and pull-down menus -Portability to all UNIX platforms, Amiga DOS, MS-DOS, MS-Windows NT, and - Archimedes. +See http://www.vim.org/why.html for a full explanation of Vim's features. + +Portability to all UNIX platforms, AmigaOS, Archimedes, Atari MiNT, BeOS, +M$-DOS, MacOS, OS/2, VMS, WinNT+Win95. -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu) -- cgit