Elvis

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 Open source vi-like editor for many platforms

 Author:   Steve Kirkendall
 Homepage: http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/ (Unofficial third-party effort)
 Download: http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/gettingelvis/index.html
 Source:   https://github.com/mbert/elvis
 Family:   ViFamily
 License:  Open source
 Platform: Any

What is Elvis?

Elvis - written by Steve Kirkendall is a very powerful vi/ex clone providing a remarkable number of bells and whistles like:

Syntax Highlighting.
Multiple files in multiple windows.
Browse modes for LaTeX (rather experimental), HTML and MAN pages.
Networking support (http and ftp).
GUI frontends for some of its platforms.

While the first Elvis versions - like the original vi - were developed for Unix systems now ports to many other operating systems have spread. Here's a list of the different environments supported by Elvis and how it looks like:

The Unix (or DOS or Windows or OS/2) console is what most people expect from a vi/ex-like text editor. Elvis also provides an X11 interface for GUI lovers. It is available for Unix systems and OS/2. The OS/2 port is currently being maintained by Martin "Herbert" Dietze, however the VIO user interface and some of the other os specific code had been done by Lee Johnson. WinElvis? is a native Win32 GUI application with menu bar, smart icons etc. It is being maintained by Serge Pirotte. An Elvis port to the Macintosh is currently in progress. However I do not have any binaries available. The Mac port is being maintained by Alain Mellan.

  Screenshot: (Running in a console.  X11, Windows, and Mac versions are also available)