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Calvin - a small and efficient vi clone
Last Version: Calvin-2.3 [1997-12-22]
Calvin is a small and efficient vi clone for DOS.
Calvin - News
- 030623
- Mailing List deleted.
There was no traffic on the mailing list
for ages, so I have closed it down.
- 001207
- Nothing new. Calvin-2.3 remains the *last* version of Calvin.
Paul Vojta does not plan to add anything new to it any more -
he simply does not have time for this. So - any takers?
- 971222
- Paul Vojta (vojta(at)math.berkeley.edu):
"the only enhancement is that text on the last line of
the screen is erased sooner. Also, source code is now available."
Calvin - Mailing List
There is no mailing list about Calvin any more.
Calvin - Distribution
Where to get Calvin.
- SIMTEL [980110,001207]
- Calvin-2.3 Binary and Source Code
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64056 Dec 22 1997 calsrc23.zip
38801 Dec 22 1997 calvin23.zip
- SUPER - Simply Unbeatable Palmtop Essentials Repository
- "best collection of HP palmtop software"
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http://www.palmtop.net/super.html
Calvin - Comments
- Brendan Macmillan (bren(at)cs.monash.edu.au):
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Calvin is a very small, only 48K, and fast vi editor for 16 bit DOS.
When you shell out of calvin, you have lost only 12k!!!!
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Due to its speed it runs very quickly on the hp200lx palmtop computer -
making it 'feel' just like a unix workstation! ;-) //
But - "features, speed, size: pick two".
- PLUS:
Calvin implements a sub-set of unix, while maintaining the
'look and feel' of vi.
Calvin can do all the everyday things, including filtering
(usually "fmt", "wc", "par", right?).
- MINUS:
But Calvin has some important shortcomings:
- No regular expressions (searches only for literal strings)
- No replace mode ('R')
- No jumps by paragraphs ('{' and '}')
- No support for tags. (Workaround: Use "sed" as filter.)
Calvin - Users
Some devoted Calvin users:
[Your Name here! ;-)]
Calvin - Pictures
Pictures, anyone? Somebody send me a screenshot, dammit!
Calvin - Links
OK, so I was too lazy to look for other pages on the Web.
Calvin - Author
The author of Calvin is
Paul Vojta
vojta(at)math.berkeley.edu
http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~vojta/ [001205,031020]
Paul Vojta told me [2000-12-06] that he no longer has time to work on CALVIN.
However, the source is available. Any takers?
Calvin - Comments
Brendan Macmillan bren(at)cs.monash.edu.au [001206]:
Speaking for myself, Calvin was perfect for the HP200LX (the 8MHz
palmtop XT-PC). I used Vim 3.0 for more powerful stuff, but it was
noticeably slower. Calvin was instant. But I don't have a HP200LX
anymore, and it looks like the linux PDA's will finally be here soon.
But for anyone using a HP200LX (and I believe it
still has a role), it remains the perfect solution.
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Sven Guckes
webpage-calvin@guckes.net
http://www.guckes.net/calvin/