Want to install "vi" on your Puppy?

[cklammer]

The classic editor! You'll need to compile it, so you'll need the devx sfs too, but if you take the following source:
http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefo ... 25.tar.bz2

Edit the Makefile to suit (it's too early to have a configure script) ; make ; make install.

Also install the following file in /etc/termcap:
http://www.ambienteto.arti.benicultural ... termcap.gz

Then it works well. You can log in remotely to your Puppy box and edit files!

The executable is only 226kb and the termcap is 9300 bytes approx.

I can't make pets or pup files yet but perhaps someone else will.

Okay for me using devx_400 under Dingo (4.00) .. Only one issue:

in /etc/profile you have comment out the line

Original:

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alias vi e3vi

New:

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#alias vi e3vi

otherwise it will keep using e3.