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Package: elvis (2.2.0-3)

powerful clone of the vi/ex text editor (with X11 support)

This package contains Elvis compiled with support for X11, Xft and background images. If you don't need the X11 interface, install elvis-console instead. See also: elvis-tools

Elvis is a clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor. It supports nearly all of the vi/ex commands, in both visual mode and ex mode. Elvis adds support for multiple files, multiple windows, a variety of display modes (including syntax highlighting, man, tex, html and hex), an optional X11 user interface, on-line help, folding, spell checking, new options, auto commands, regions, enhanced tags, printing, aliases and an improved :map command.

Like vi/ex, Elvis stores most of the text in a temporary file, instead of RAM. This allows it to edit files that are too large to fit in a single process' data space. Also, the edit buffer can survive a power failure or crash.

 Homepage: http://elvis.vi-editor.org

Other Packages Related to elvis

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: elvis-common (= 2.2.0-3)
    common files for elvis, elvis-console and elvis-tools
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
  • dep: libncurses5 (>= 5.4-1)
    Shared libraries for terminal handling
  • dep: libx11-6
    X Window System protocol client library
    or xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
    X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration data and metapackage
  • dep: libxft2 (>> 2.1.1)
    FreeType-based font drawing library for X
  • dep: libxpm4
    X pixmap library
    or xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
    X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration data and metapackage
  • sug: elvis-tools
    text editing tools for programmers (elvfmt, elvtags, ref)

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alpha 402.8 kB960 kB [list of files]
arm 315.2 kB724 kB [list of files]
hppa 357.4 kB788 kB [list of files]
i386 305.9 kB720 kB [list of files]
ia64 497.0 kB1400 kB [list of files]
m68k 272.4 kB644 kB [list of files]
mips 345.7 kB1056 kB [list of files]
mipsel 347.6 kB1056 kB [list of files]
powerpc 335.9 kB776 kB [list of files]
s390 325.7 kB772 kB [list of files]
sparc 317.0 kB748 kB [list of files]