




Command:   elvis, vi, ex - clone of the Berkeley vi editor
Syntax:    elvis [-Rerv] [-t tag] [file] ...
Flags:     -R  Set the read-only option
           -e  Start up emulating ex
           -r  Tell the user to use elvrec instead
           -t  Start editing at the given tag
           -v  Start up emulating vi
Examples:  elvis                    # Call the editor
           elvis prog.c             # edit prog.c

     Elvis is a screen editor patterned very closely after the  Berkeley
vi  editor.   The vi and ex programs are just links to elvis.  In its ex
form it is essentially a much improved  version  of  ed.   It  has  many
commands, described in Chap. 9.  See also ctags, ref, fmt, and elvrec.












































                                                                        

