27 Feb
2023
27 Feb
'23
3 a.m.
Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
tek or vt05 terminal?
And, is it available?
Thanks,
Ken
--
WWL 📚
27 Feb
27 Feb
3:33 a.m.
Probably, but I have found that to be a black hole of time and effort. Perhaps you’ll
figure it out and post! I tried several times to get vi working and was only ever able to
get it partially working... at best. I didn’t try it for a trek window though.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:00 PM, KenUnix
<ken.unix.guy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
tek or vt05 terminal?
And, is it available?
Thanks,
Ken
--
WWL 📚
3:35 a.m.
Oh and even though I’d love it in a trek window, I meant Tek :). Either way, I hope
somebody posts a solution.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:33 PM, Will Senn
<will.senn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Probably, but I have found that to be a black hole of time and effort. Perhaps you’ll
figure it out and post! I tried several times to get vi working and was only ever able to
get it partially working... at best. I didn’t try it for a trek window though.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:00 PM, KenUnix <ken.unix.guy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
> tek or vt05 terminal?
>
> And, is it available?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> --
> WWL 📚
>
>
4:14 a.m.
The 2BSD tape
<https://streaklinks.com/BaMmLKiKytAy22lj8wq2nx50/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuhs.org%2FArchive%2FDistributions%2FUCB%2F2bsd.tar.gz>
on TUHS (web interface: https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2BSD)
has the original ex source -- remember vi is the visual command for ex.
It includes binaries that will run on v6 in the tape - you need to build it
for v7. I also don't know if the VT05 is in the termcap file. Plus, a
Tek 4014 in the termcap is likely to be not very useful for vi mode as it's
a DVST (storage terminal), but I think there may be a Tek 4025 definition
in there (as I wrote it back in the day and sent it Mary Ann who was the
collector of them).
That said ex is big and it needs a separate I/D (11/45 class) system, so a
while ago, I got Webb Miller's s (mini vi) to compile a while back:
https://github.com/udo-munk/s which has much more
modest requirements (it is known to have been ported to 8-bit micros under
CP/M) but it assumes ANSI sequences so there is no termcap.
ᐧ
On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 4:35 PM Will Senn <will.senn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Oh and even though I’d love it in a trek window, I
meant Tek :). Either
way, I hope somebody posts a solution.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:33 PM, Will Senn
<will.senn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Probably, but I have found that to be a black hole of time and effort.
Perhaps
you’ll figure it out and post! I tried several times to get vi
working and was only ever able to get it partially working... at best. I
didn’t try it for a trek window though.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 26, 2023, at 3:00 PM, KenUnix <ken.unix.guy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Was work ever done for v7 Unix to support 'vi' when using a
> tek or vt05 terminal?
>
> And, is it available?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> --
> WWL 📚
>
>
665
days inactive
665
days old
3 comments
3 participants
participants (3)
-
Clem Cole -
KenUnix -
Will Senn