vi editor

[mehul_3]

hi there!
It seems to be very simple question.
I am a somewhat new using HP-UX.I have hands on experience on Sco-Unix.
My question is
Is there any facility of using graphical editor rather than vi editor in HP-UX.

Regards
Mehul

[Hazem Mahmoud_3]

I'm assuming you have some type of X-Windows running in order to do anything graphical. If you do, then you can use emacs. It does not come native with HP-UX, but can be easily downloaded from the Porting and Archive center (http://hpux.connect.org.uk/). You can also find many others under the "Editors" category. Hope that helps.

-Hazem

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Hi Mehul,

You can use '/usr/dt/bin/dtpad' in CDE that works like notepad. You will need to have X-windows running for it to work.

But I still suggest you learn 'vi' as it is much versatile than dtpad.

-Sri

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi,
VIM could be also an better option.
Regards,

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Or "elvis", which has a fine X touch.
ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/
Also has a win32 version available for your workstation in case you have to run win-something

OTOH if you want to learn *real* unix'es, you will have to learn vi. vi is available on *all* unix platforms, and all clones and graphical interfaces are not. I personally hate emacs. It's a nice operating system, but lacks a decent editor, as I once read in a sig. That's true. And /I/ cannot get it to indent as I want, not do the things I want my way. With vi/(g)vim/elvis that is no problem.

elvis new: ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/
elvis old: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Editors/elvis-2.1.3/
vim: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.3/

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[Stefan Schulz]

Hi,

if you are a UNIX Admin it is always advisable to know vi. You can use a graphical editor as long as everithing is up and running.

But if you have a problem you normally have to work in a terminal session without any GUI.

Thats why i prefer vi or an vi clone like vim. Vim has an gui and offers syntax coloring. but also it supports all standard vi commands.

Have a look for vim at the porting center or at http://www.vim.org

Hope this helps

Regards Stefan

[Bharat Katkar]

Mehul,
VI is not that difficult even if it look like.
See attached doc which quickly guides you thr' all required VI command and i think that should make you comfortable enough with VI.
I agree with all other about getting use to with vi.

Hope that helps.
Regards,

[Bharat Katkar]

Mehul,
You have not assigned point to any body you helped you in this forum. I think you do not know the point assigment scheme. Please have a look at this link:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?admit=716493758+1085211538437+28353475#33
Regards,

[Moderator edit: The above link is no longer valid.]

[Geoff Wild]

vi - the most powerful text editor the world has ever known.

Tons of docs on using it - check here first:

http://thomer.com/vi/vi.html

Also take a look at vim.

Rgds...Geoff

[harry d brown jr]

How about an editor written in Java (does Kodak own this now?) :


http://www.jedit.org/

live free or die
harry

[John Jimenez]

O'Reilly & Associates have a nice book out "Learning the vi Editor" it is one of those books with the animals on the cover. vi is frustrating the first week, but if you use it it is actually easier to get some things done....

[Andrew Merritt_2]

Mehul,
What features do you expect to find in a graphical editor, and what are you used to using on SCO-Unix? Is there a particular reason you don't want to use vi?

Andrew