[TUHS] End of an era: the last ATC (USENIX Annual Technical Conference)

[Jeff Johnson]

Just to make sure we are talking about the right editors in OpenVi
(https://github.com/johnsonjh/OpenVi, that I maintain) and nvi2
(https://github.com/lichray/nvi2) have many extra features, but the
split windows do derive from the original nvi which is currently
homed at https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git now.

It's just not `:split` but `:E` (capital E).  ^W switches the active
window, and you can continue to split the screen as many times as
you like.

If you're married typing split, set an abbrev. like `:ab split E`.

The missing feature in the nvi series of editors here is the ability
to split windows vertically rather than horizontally (i.e. `:vsplit`).

... but I'll no longer beat the dead horse!

--
Jeffrey H. Johnson
trnsz at pobox.com

> Sigh, my entire points were:
>
> A) my 40 year old .exrc works perfectly with vim and has for more than 20 years.
> B) the killer feature, not present in nvi, is :split
>
> Beyond that, I don't care how much extra crap there is in vim, all I care
> about is vi compat and :split
>
> Why that is controversial is beyond me.  Lets move on.  Use whatever you like.