Few would dispute that Vi was a great text editor in its day, but no one has done anything to bring it back until now. A company called Internet Connection has developed JSVI, a clone of Vi that was written in javascript and runs inside editable text areas on virtually any browser with javascript support.
It functions identically to Vi, offering ed/ex command support, vi-keys, unicode awareness, and a number of other features available on Vi. You can see a demo of JSVI here. If you prefer to run vi on your own page, download this javascript document. JSVI is open source, and we certainly agree with [Jason Striegel] that this would make a fitting addition to any Unix blog or forum.
emacs sucks.
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Unbelievable!!! Maybe Linux on web will be soon released :D
one word: vim
“but no one has done anything to bring it back until now.”
So, you’ve some how managed to completely miss Elvis (http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/), WinVi (http://www.winvi.de/en/), *and* Vim (http://www.vim.org)? Wow, some vi user you are.
Although these are more than “just vi”.
Very cool. Could turn it into a Greasemonkey script, then I could ditch “It’s All Text”, which I currently use to edit textareas in vi.
Yeah, vi clones have been going strong for a while. I’ve been a regular user of vim since the mid 90s.
Bring it back? It’s never gone anywhere.
$ which vi
/usr/bin/vi
$
nvi > vim
Simon says author is a lame Windows toad.
sweet now just need a javascript bookmarklet to
inject this into any webpage
“in its day”? When did vi(m)’s day end? =)
hey
is there any smart text editor other than this…
http://hackiteasy.blogspot.com
How about emacs implemented in JS? That would be sweet.
‘s a fine line between “hack” and “pushing JS to it’s limits”, but I have to say this one at least amused me (vim4life
Seeing as javascript is an interpreted language, rather than a compiled one, I’d be really impressed if this wasn’t open source.
Real nutcases (like me!) will apreciate the vimperator, an addon for firefox that brings Vi-joy to this browser (I switched from Epiphany to firefox so I can use it!)
check http://vimperator.mozdev.org/
My first question was, how do I click links: well press ‘f’ (or ‘F’ to tab-open) and all links will be highlit and fitted with a number… just type the number!
No one has seen it, because Sun owns it. You have to worry about copyright and the like.
Unlike vi, Emacs is its own OS and environnement, good luck trying to implement it in javascript, certainly the lisp interpreter.
Now excuse me as I c-x c-s c-x c-c. :D
@10(a.p.t) it could be obstruficated (god knows how to spell that).
Made some small changes to make the colors right on every page and to hide the toolbar:
— vi_orig.js 2008-05-06 21:31:01.000000000 +0200
+++ vi.js 2008-07-07 11:08:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -3643,6 +3643,7 @@
suggest.style.position = ‘absolute’;
suggest.style.display = ‘none’;
+ suggest.style.color = ‘#000000′;
backing.tabIndex = -1;
backing.style.position = ‘absolute’;
@@ -3665,6 +3666,8 @@
tools.style.position = ‘absolute’;
tools.style.right = ’0px’;
tools.style.bottom = ’0px’;
+ tools.style.color = ‘#000000′;
+ tools.style.visibility = ‘hidden’;
tools.innerHTML = ”
+ ‘<input tabindex=”-1″ type=”button” value=”B” style=”font-weight:bold;” onClick=”term_command(\’:F!b\’);” />’
+ ‘<input tabindex=”-1″ type=”button” value=”I” style=”font-style:italic;” onClick=”term_command(\’:F!i\’);” />’
@@ -3697,6 +3700,9 @@
term.style.cursor = ‘default’;
term.style.fontFamily = ‘monospace’;
term.style.fontSize = ’100%’;
+ term.style.backgroundColor = ‘#ffffff’;
+ term.style.color = ‘#000000′;
+ term.style.textAlign = ‘left’;
_zmp(term);
term._formelement = t;
document.body.style.overflow = ‘hidden’;
After that i added two filters to my Proxomitron:
“” => “
@#9: Good luck writing the first all-Javascript operating system =-)
Linux in javascript: http://bellard.org/jslinux/
its a good start for sure, I think I’ll go ahead and add more ‘vim’ functionality to it… most notably: syntax highlighting and its function and macro capabilities.
it’d be an interesting task, but I love javascript, very powerful when used properly.
oh, and an all javascript os wouldn’t really work, as running kernel level calls through an interpreter would run freakin awful… but I have started work on a fully scriptable and interactive javascript shell… started using spidermonkey, but may implement using v8 instead, as a shell would do the same things repeatedly for the most part, v8′s jit-style class compiler would be great for that.