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 A freeware editor for Windows, designed to work like vi

 Author:   Ramo 
 Homepage: http://www.winvi.de/en/
 Family:   ViFamily
 Platform: Windows 3.X, Windows 9x/2K/XP
 License:  Open Source (GPLv2)
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compatibility with Windows Notepad was my main goal
nevertheless, it ought to be highly compatible with Vi
a hexadecimal edit mode is available for editing binary files
speedy program start because it is avoiding use of DLLs, MFC, etc.
extremely large files editable with nearly no limitation by virtual memory (There is, however, a theoretical limit at 2 GByte)
freely selectable background bitmap
any font (variable spacing, TrueType?, etc.)
simple and clear handling with the availability of a toolbar and a status line
support for Unix text file format
fast change of character mappings for DOS files
automatic word completion in command line (tab key)
print support with choosable font (double column available)
multiple language support (English, French, Spanish, or German)
support of mouse wheels

There are a few inconveniences compared with other standard editors available for Windows:

no automatic line splitting (planned in several variations)
many ex commands are still unimplemented (e. g. :g)
no installation program yet
multi-byte character sets are not tested and probably have bugs
no support for right-to-left writing direction
still no hexadecimal printing support
no MDI support (not planned for the future)
no automatic insertion of date and time (a feature of Notepad I don't like)