Stevie (text editor)

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Stevie
Original author(s) Tim Thompson
Initial releaseJune 28, 1987;36 years ago (1987-06-28)
Final release
3.7a [1]
Written in C
Operating system Atari ST, Unix-like, OS/2, Amiga
License Public domain
Website nosuch.com/tjt/stevie/

Stevie, ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts, [2] is a discontinued clone of Bill Joy's vi text editor. Stevie was written by Tim Thompson for the Atari ST in 1987. It later became the basis for Vim, which was released in 1991. [3] [4]

Thompson posted his original C source code as free software to the comp.sys.atari.st newsgroup on 28 June 1987. [5] [6] Tony Andrews added features and ported it to Unix, OS/2 and Amiga, posting his version to the comp.sources.unix newsgroup as free software on 6 June 1988. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 1991, Bram Moolenaar released Vim, which he based on the source code of the Amiga port of Stevie. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aminet - text/Edit/Stevie.lha".
  2. ↑ Thompson, Tim. "nosuch.com/tjt/stevie" . Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Paul, Ryan (November 2, 2011), Two decades of productivity: Vim's 20th anniversary, Ars Technica, retrieved February 7, 2015, The first two prominent vi clones were Stevie and Elvis. Stevie, the ST Editor for vi Enthusiasts, was originally developed for the Atari ST in 1987 and ported to UNIX the next year. It was somewhat primitive but attracted a modest following. ... The earliest version of Vim was developed on the Amiga by Bram Moolenaar in 1988. ... He based his new editor on Stevie, which he has said was the best Amiga-compatible vi clone at the time.
  4. ↑ Schulz, Kim (April 29, 2010), Hacking Vim 7.2: Read-to-use Hacks with Solutions for Common Situations, Packt Publishing Ltd, ISBN   978-1849510509 , retrieved February 7, 2015
  5. ↑ Tim Thompson (June 28, 1987). "A mini-vi for the ST (part 1 of 2)". Newsgroup:  comp.sys.atari.st. 130@glimmer.UUCP. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ Tim Thompson (June 28, 1987). "A mini-vi for the ST (part 2 of 2)". Newsgroup:  comp.sys.atari.st. 130@glimmer.UUCP. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ Tony Andrews (June 6, 1988). "Stevie, an "aspiring" VI clone for Unix, OS/2, Amiga, Part01/04". Newsgroup:  comp.sources.unix. 893@fig.bbn.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tony Andrews (June 6, 1988). "Stevie, an "aspiring" VI clone for Unix, OS/2, Amiga, Part02/04". Newsgroup:  comp.sources.unix. 894@fig.bbn.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ Tony Andrews (June 6, 1988). "Stevie, an "aspiring" VI clone for Unix, OS/2, Amiga, Part03/04". Newsgroup:  comp.sources.unix. 895@fig.bbn.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  10. ↑ Tony Andrews (June 6, 1988). "Stevie, an "aspiring" VI clone for Unix, OS/2, Amiga, Part04/04". Newsgroup:  comp.sources.unix. 896@fig.bbn.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  11. ↑
    • The original interview in Czech:Moolenaar, Bram (April 18, 2005). "Rozhovor: Bram Moolenaar" [Interview: Bram Moolenaar]. LinuxEXPRES (Interview) (in Czech). Interviewed by Zapletal, Lukáš. question 2. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
    • English translation:Bram Moolenaar (n.d.). "Interview with Bram Moolenaar, as published in the Czech magazine LinuxEXPRES, English version". Bram Moolenaar's website. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Is VIM derivate of other VI clone or you started from scratch? I started with Stevie. This was a Vi clone for the Atari ST computer, ported to the Amiga. It had quite a lot of problems and could not do everything that Vi could, but since the source code was available I could fix that myself.
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