[TUHS] Unix v7 vi

[TUHS] Unix v7 vi

[KenUnix]

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Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
tek or vt05 terminal?

And, is it available?

Thanks,
Ken

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WWL 📚

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[TUHS] Re: Unix v7 vi

[Will Senn]

Probably, but I have found that to be a black hole of time and effort. Perhaps you’ll figure it out and post! I tried several times to get vi working and was only ever able to get it partially working... at best. I didn’t try it for a trek window though.

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> On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:00 PM, KenUnix <ken.unix.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
> tek or vt05 terminal?
> 
> And, is it available?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
> 
> -- 
> WWL 📚
> 
> 

[TUHS] Re: Unix v7 vi

[Will Senn]

Oh and even though I’d love it in a trek window, I meant Tek :). Either way, I hope somebody posts a solution.

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> On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:33 PM, Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Probably, but I have found that to be a black hole of time and effort. Perhaps you’ll figure it out and post! I tried several times to get vi working and was only ever able to get it partially working... at best. I didn’t try it for a trek window though.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:00 PM, KenUnix <ken.unix.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
>> tek or vt05 terminal?
>> 
>> And, is it available?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ken
>> 
>> -- 
>> WWL 📚
>> 
>> 

[TUHS] Re: Unix v7 vi

[Clem Cole]

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The 2BSD tape
<https://streaklinks.com/BaMmLKiKytAy22lj8wq2nx50/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuhs.org%2FArchive%2FDistributions%2FUCB%2F2bsd.tar.gz>
on TUHS  (web interface: https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2BSD)
has the original ex source -- remember vi is the visual command for ex.
It includes binaries that will run on v6 in the tape - you need to build it
for v7.  I also don't know if the VT05 is in the termcap file.    Plus, a
Tek 4014 in the termcap is likely to be not very useful for vi mode as it's
a DVST (storage terminal), but I think there may be a Tek 4025 definition
in there (as I wrote it back in the day and sent it Mary Ann who was the
collector of them).

That said ex is big and it needs a separate I/D (11/45 class) system, so a
while ago, I got Webb Miller's s (mini vi) to compile a while back:
https://github.com/udo-munk/s which has much more
modest requirements (it is known to have been ported to 8-bit micros under
CP/M) but it assumes ANSI sequences so there is no termcap.
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On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 4:35 PM Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh and even though I’d love it in a trek window, I meant Tek :). Either
> way, I hope somebody posts a solution.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:33 PM, Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Probably, but I have found that to be a black hole of time and effort.
> Perhaps you’ll figure it out and post! I tried several times to get vi
> working and was only ever able to get it partially working... at best. I
> didn’t try it for a trek window though.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:00 PM, KenUnix <ken.unix.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
> >> tek or vt05 terminal?
> >>
> >> And, is it available?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ken
> >>
> >> --
> >> WWL 📚
> >>
> >>
>

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