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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: Freeware Screenshot:
- 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)