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Z-VI\n\nSmallest Vi-clone text editor for Windows (62KB) that runs in terminal and SSH sessions.\n\n## Features\n\n- Smallest full function vi-clone text editor, **only 62KB**.\n- Portable, distrubted as a single executable file.\n- Offers a wide range of vi functions: search (`/` and `?`), undo (`u`), repeat (`.`), and marks (`m{letter}`).\n- Named register for yank/paste: `\"a3yy` and `\"ap`.\n- Supports multiple files with commands like `:next`, `:prev`, and `:rewind`.\n- Some colon mode commands with `:` (available options can be listed with `:set`).\n- Adapt to window re-sizes.\n- Can be used in ssh sessions and none-GUI environments (eg. server container).\n- Even runs on Windows XP and Windows 7.\n- Supports `%USERPROFILE%\\.exrc` configuration.\n- Ideal for occasional or emergency use.\n- Ideal for keeping it in your rescue USB-stick.\n\n\n## Download\n\n- Executable file can be found in the [release](https://github.com/skywind3000/zvi/releases) page.\n\n## Screenshots\n\nRuns remotely over an SSH session on a Windows 10 server (using PuTTY):\n\n![](https://skywind3000.github.io/images/p/zvi/zvi_ssh.png)\n\nRuns natively on Windows 7:\n\n![](https://skywind3000.github.io/images/p/zvi/zvi_win7.png)\n\nRuns natively on Windows XP:\n\n![](https://skywind3000.github.io/images/p/zvi/zvi_xp.png)\n\n\n## Source\n\nBusybox includes a well-implemented and maintained `vi` applet, which has been contributed to for more than 10 years by the busybox contributors\n\nThe code is from [busybox-w32](https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32) project, I just tailor it into a single applet.\n\n## Build\n\nDownload and install MSYS2, start `MinGW32` program:\n\n```\ngit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32.git\ngit clone https://github.com/skywind3000/zvi.git\ncd busybox-w32\nmake mingw32_defconfig    # 32 bits will run on more platforms\n```\n\nthen just:\n\n```\ncopy ../zvi/.config .     # use the predefined configuration\nmake\nmv busybox.exe zvi.exe\n```\n\n## Credit\n\n- https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fskywind3000%2Fzvi","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fskywind3000%2Fzvi","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fskywind3000%2Fzvi/lists"}