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Re: vi GUI for X ?



On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 12:03:26AM +0200, homega@vlc.servicom.es wrote:

> I'm just starting with vi, and am wondering whether there's an X front end
> for vi (or nvi, or vim), or any X specific vi editor.

There's an X version of vim called gvim.  You could also try using one
of the vi modes under Emacs.

> Also, is <CR> the only way to avoid "broken words" at the end of a line?

If you want to wordwrap automatically, then some of the vi variants can
do that for you.  In vim, say ":set tw=72" in command mode.

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