On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:25:53AM +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I still use nvi on occasion 'cause it will show me ^M's in a file and > >it's easier to `nvi file` than to look up how to get vim to do it. ;-> > > vim -b file (binary mode). Also handy to edit binaries to change > hardcoded strings or pathnames.
in elvis, we can :disp hex (or just :di he for short) and get nice color-coded hex editing (elvis works hard to determine file type when the buffer is first filled -- there's even a perl errormsg work around for :cc syntax checking). and a quick ^Wd toggles between syntax and normal display modes. elvis reads html files and becomes a fully-net-enabled console web browser with hot links and other highlighting! (^Wd to display the html syntax instead.) in fact, that's how the elvis online help is displayed. (and elvis does have a TeX display mode, for those who inquired...) -- vim may have all these features too, but i wouldn't know, having found elvis ... i was hoping someone knew both and could differentiate the two. -- things are more like they used to be than they are now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/
