Re: vi editor

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On Sunday 27 August 2006 23:56, David C. Chipman wrote:
> Hi Kevac,
>
>> I don't like it because it is X application. I cannot use it without X
>> loaded.
>
I should point out that only gvim needs X, vi and vim both work from a tty 
screen, happy as clams.

>  What's wrong with having X loaded? I assumed you were
>using a desktop/workstation, not a remote server in my response to you.
>If you want to use the mouse, you have to use X. You don't need a
>bloated  Desktop Environment, just a nice and slim display manager. vi
>uses ncurses, but I doubt it uses the (meager) mouse support in ncurses
>(IIRC, ncurses mouse support is not portable anyhow). Sorry, Kevac,
>
>   -David Chipman

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