Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/03/10:38:55
Leon wrote:
>
> elvis - a vi port? do you know if it has color syntax?
Not a port, but a clone (or an impersonater as they are known in the
Elvis world.)
> also more importantly - in comparison to others (ie emacs, elvis etc.) how
> do you think vim performs in terms of RAm requierments and overall launch
> spped?
If I were you, I'd download them all and install them all. And keep it
that way for about one to three months. I guarantee you by the end of
the three months you will know which ones to uninstall.
> I am thinking of running compiler (c++) and text editor on a _very_ simple
> machine (ie 4 meg RAM old 486)
Is getting more RAM for the box an option? People are throwing away 1MB
and 4MB (even 8MB) RAMs nowadays.
> normally would definitely consider EMACS but it is just too huge for 4
> meg RAM i've heard...
Try.
> have tried to use vim - not too bad ;-)
Try, try, ..
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