freebsd-ports/editors/vile/pkg-descr
Jordan K. Hubbard 55b006f832 Bring in vile port (from the author, Paul Fox, and FreeBSD member
Gary Jennejohn).
Submitted by:	gj
1995-02-27 23:00:37 +00:00

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vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of
"finger feel". in addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas,
notably:
multi-file editing and viewing
key rebinding (in addition to :map, :map!, and :abbr)
mouse support (in an xterm, or when built as xvile)
infinite undo
many additional operator commands
selection highlighting
rectangular operations
"next error" cursor positioning after compilation
full function- and arrow-key support
filename, command, internal mode and variable completion
auxiliary utilities for man page and C program syntax highlighting
built-in macro language
portability to all UNIX platforms, VMS, DOS.