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1.1     ! root        1: .TH ELVIS v1.4
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: elvis, ex, vi, view, input - The editor
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: \fBelvis\fP [\fIflags\fP] [\fB+\fP\fIcmd\fP] [\fIfiles\fP...]
        !             6: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             7: \fIElvis\fP is a text editor which emulates \fIvi\fP/\fIex\fP.
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: On systems which pass the program name as an argument, such as Unix and Minix,
        !            10: you may also install \fIelvis\fP under the names "ex", "vi", "view", and "input".
        !            11: These extra names would normally be links to elvis;
        !            12: see the "ln" shell command.
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: When \fIelvis\fP is invoked as "vi",
        !            15: it behaves exactly as though it was invoked as "elvis".
        !            16: However, if you invoke \fIelvis\fP as "view",
        !            17: then the readonly option is set as though you had given it the "-R" flag.
        !            18: If you invoke \fIelvis\fP as "ex",
        !            19: then \fIelvis\fP will start up in the colon command mode
        !            20: instead of the visual command mode,
        !            21: as though you had given it the "-e" flag.
        !            22: If you invoke \fIelvis\fP as "input" or "edit",
        !            23: then \fIelvis\fP will start up in input mode,
        !            24: as though the "-i" flag was given.
        !            25: .SH OPTIONS
        !            26: .IP \fB-r\fP
        !            27: To the real vi, this flag means that a previous edit should be recovered.
        !            28: \fIElvis\fP, though, has a separate program, called \fIvirec(1)\fP, for recovering
        !            29: files.
        !            30: When you invoke \fIelvis\fP with -r, \fIelvis\fP will tell you to run \fIvirec\fP.
        !            31: .IP \fB-R\fP
        !            32: This sets the "readonly" option,
        !            33: so you won't accidentally overwrite a file.
        !            34: .IP "\fB-t\fP \fItag\fP"
        !            35: This causes \fIelvis\fP to start editing at the given tag.
        !            36: .IP "\fB-m\fP [\fIfile\fP]"
        !            37: \fIElvis\fP will search through \fIfile\fP for something that looks like
        !            38: an error message from a compiler.
        !            39: It will then begin editing the source file that caused the error,
        !            40: with the cursor sitting on the line where the error was detected.
        !            41: If you don't explicitly name a \fIfile\fP, then "errlist" is assumed.
        !            42: .IP \fB-e\fP
        !            43: \fIElvis\fP will start up in colon command mode.
        !            44: .IP \fB-v\fP
        !            45: \fIElvis\fP will start up in visual command mode.
        !            46: .IP \fB-i\fP
        !            47: \fIElvis\fP will start up in input mode.
        !            48: .IP \fB+\fP\fIcommand\fP
        !            49: If you use the +\fIcommand\fP parameter,
        !            50: then after the first file is loaded
        !            51: \fIcommand\fP is executed as an EX command.
        !            52: A typical example would be "elvis +237 foo",
        !            53: which would cause \fIelvis\fP to start editing foo and
        !            54: then move directly to line 237.
        !            55: .SH FILES
        !            56: .IP /tmp/elv*
        !            57: During editing,
        !            58: \fIelvis\fP stores text in a temporary file.
        !            59: For UNIX, this file will usually be stored in the /tmp directory,
        !            60: and the first three characters will be "elv".
        !            61: For other systems, the temporary files may be stored someplace else;
        !            62: see the version-specific section of the documentation.
        !            63: .IP tags
        !            64: This is the database used by the \fI:tags\fP command and the \fB-t\fP option.
        !            65: It is usually created by the \fIctags(1)\fP program.
        !            66: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            67: ctags(1), ref(1), virec(1)
        !            68: .PP
        !            69: \fIElvis - A Clone of Vi/Ex\fP, the complete \fIelvis\fP documentation.
        !            70: .SH BUGS
        !            71: There is no LISP support.
        !            72: Certain other features are missing, too.
        !            73: .PP
        !            74: Auto-indent mode is not quite compatible with the real vi.
        !            75: Among other things, 0^D and ^^D don't do what you might expect.
        !            76: .PP
        !            77: Long lines are displayed differently.
        !            78: The real vi wraps long lines onto multiple rows of the screen,
        !            79: but \fIelvis\fP scrolls sideways.
        !            80: .SH AUTHOR
        !            81: .nf
        !            82: Steve Kirkendall
        !            83: [email protected]
        !            84: \&...uunet!tektronix!psueea!eecs!kirkenda
        !            85: .fi
        !            86: .PP
        !            87: Many other people have worked to port \fIelvis\fP to various operating systems.
        !            88: To see who deserves credit, run the \fI:version\fP command from within \fIelvis\fP,
        !            89: or look in the system-specific section of the complete documentation.

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