nvi is a version of the vi editor which supports all the historic ex/vi features except for open mode and the lisp edit option (e.g., it has a fully implemented underlying ex mode). It contains a number of additional features, including an experimental GTK frontend in the development version.
| Tags | Text Editors |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Original |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Changes: This release mainly fixes compilation on recent systems.


Changes: The preserve command no longer overwrites the file being edited. This version should compile on most platforms again.


Changes: Wide character related changes, including the use of the latest ncurses. Gtk+ front end works with Gtk+ 1.2 again.


Changes: This release includes the use of "wide" curses if available, and some bug fixes.


Changes: Several small bugfixes.
A modular, multi-threaded, object-oriented, SQL-integrated scripting language.