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Package: elvis (2.2.0-10)

powerful clone of the vi/ex text editor (with X11 support)

This package contains Elvis compiled with support for X11, Xft and background images. If you don't need the X11 interface, install elvis-console instead. See also: elvis-tools

Elvis is a clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor. It supports nearly all of the vi/ex commands, in both visual mode and ex mode. Elvis adds support for multiple files, multiple windows, a variety of display modes (including syntax highlighting, man, tex, html and hex), an optional X11 user interface, on-line help, folding, spell checking, new options, auto commands, regions, enhanced tags, printing, aliases and an improved :map command.

Like vi/ex, Elvis stores most of the text in a temporary file, instead of RAM. This allows it to edit files that are too large to fit in a single process' data space. Also, the edit buffer can survive a power failure or crash.

Tags: Software Development: Source Editor, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Text-based Interactive, X Window System, Role: Program, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI, Purpose: Editing, World Wide Web: Browser, Works with: Text, X Window System: Application

Other Packages Related to elvis

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  • dep: elvis-common (= 2.2.0-10)
    common files for elvis, elvis-console and elvis-tools
  • dep: libc0.1 (>= 2.7-1) [kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc0.1-udeb
  • dep: libc0.3 (>= 2.6.1-1) [hurd-i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc0.3-udeb
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) [m68k]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, hurd-i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, m68k]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libncurses5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3)
    shared libraries for terminal handling
  • dep: libx11-6
    X11 client-side library
  • dep: libxft2 (>> 2.1.1)
    FreeType-based font drawing library for X
  • dep: libxpm4
    X11 pixmap library
  • sug: elvis-tools
    text editing tools for programmers (elvfmt, elvtags, ref)

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 394.8 kB964 kB [list of files]
amd64 338.5 kB800 kB [list of files]
arm 321.7 kB732 kB [list of files]
armel 320.0 kB728 kB [list of files]
hppa 357.5 kB780 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 304.4 kB720 kB [list of files]
i386 306.2 kB680 kB [list of files]
ia64 545.5 kB1536 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 (unofficial port) 338.5 kB768 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 (unofficial port) 304.5 kB688 kB [list of files]
m68k 283.9 kB684 kB [list of files]
mips 361.0 kB956 kB [list of files]
mipsel 362.6 kB956 kB [list of files]
powerpc 345.4 kB816 kB [list of files]
s390 340.2 kB780 kB [list of files]
sparc 320.1 kB756 kB [list of files]