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8.8. Editor Comparison Summary

Most of the clones support most or all of the features described above. Table 8.9 summarizes what each editor supports. Of course, the table does not tell the full story; the details are provided in each one's individual chapter.

Table 8.9. Feature Summary Chart

Feature nvi elvis vim vile
Multiwindow editing Figure Figure Figure Figure
GUI   Figure Figure Figure
Extended regular expressions Figure Figure Figure Figure
Enhanced tags   Figure Figure Figure
Tag stacks Figure Figure Figure Figure
Arbitrary length lines Figure Figure Figure Figure
8-bit data Figure Figure Figure Figure
Infinite undo Figure Figure Figure Figure
Incremental searching Figure   Figure Figure
Left-right scrolling Figure Figure Figure Figure
Mode indicators Figure Figure Figure Figure
Visual mode   Figure Figure Figure
Edit-Compile Speedup   Figure Figure Figure
Syntax Highlighting   Figure Figure Figure
Multiple OS support   Figure Figure Figure

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