How can I get copying similar to Vi in Unix?

[OM]

Can someone tell me how I can get copying similar to Vi in Unix?
It's been years since I used it!
For those that don't know: it's the MOST basic editor you'll come
accross that is very powerful and can be complex and frustrating at
first.

It has a feature whereby you can copy text and assign it to a special
key sequence.

I can't remember what the key sequences are... but it goes somthing
like this...
You highlight text and press the ctrl and alt key and the letter 'a'
say for example.
Highlight more text and do the same key combination with the letter 's'
say.

Then by pressing alt, shift and 'a' you get to paste the first text
highlighted.
Then by pressing alt, shift and 's' you get to paste the second text
highlighted.

I made up the key sequences of ctrl and other key above just to
illustarte my point.

Does anything similar exist for Windows?
Maybe as a 3rd party tool?
Are there any text editors that allow this?

Thanks.


OM

 

[philo]

Can someone tell me how I can get copying similar to Vi in Unix?
It's been years since I used it!
For those that don't know: it's the MOST basic editor you'll come
accross that is very powerful and can be complex and frustrating at
first.

It has a feature whereby you can copy text and assign it to a special
key sequence.

I can't remember what the key sequences are... but it goes somthing
like this...
You highlight text and press the ctrl and alt key and the letter 'a'
say for example.
Highlight more text and do the same key combination with the letter 's'
say.

Then by pressing alt, shift and 'a' you get to paste the first text
highlighted.
Then by pressing alt, shift and 's' you get to paste the second text
highlighted.

I made up the key sequences of ctrl and other key above just to
illustarte my point.

Does anything similar exist for Windows?
Maybe as a 3rd party tool?
Are there any text editors that allow this?

Thanks.

maybe you could use cygwin
and run vi from your win box

 

[OM]

what's cygin?

i'm pretty sure u can get vi for windows.
but... the main thing i wanted was to have the functionality i was
talking about in windows.

 

[Stan Brown]

Can someone tell me how I can get copying similar to Vi in Unix?

Use Vim, vi improved. It's available in source and in binary for
many platforms. The GUI version plays very well with 32-bit
windows, and the text version plays very well with the command
prompt. It's my workhorse editor, and it's free:

http://www.vim.org