BSD Ports

editors/xvile 9.8z_1 DragonFly

VI Like Emacs -- X11 version

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
GPLv2
Categories
editors
Package size
1087.5 KiB, 5760.1 KiB installed

Description

xvile is the X11 version of vile. in addition to the capabilities listed below for the character-oriented version of vile, xvile offers scrollbars and more complete mouse integration.

vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of "finger feel". in addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably:

multi-file editing and viewing
key rebinding (in addition to :map, :map!, and :abbr)
mouse support (in an xterm, or when built as xvile)
infinite undo
many additional operator commands
selection highlighting
rectangular operations
"next error" cursor positioning after compilation
full function- and arrow-key support
filename, command, internal mode and variable completion
auxiliary utilities for man page and C program syntax highlighting
built-in macro language
portability to all UNIX platforms, VMS, DOS, Win32, OS/2

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 9.8z, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
DragonFlyeditors/xvile9.8z_1 newestnone known-[email protected]-
FreeBSDeditors/xvile9.8z_1 newestnone known-[email protected]-
NetBSDeditors/xvile9.8zanb2 newestnone known-[email protected]2026-07-16
HardenedBSDeditors/xvile9.8z_1 newestno data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDeditors/xvile9.8z_1 newestno data-[email protected]-

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Install

Binary package:

pkg install xvile

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/editors/xvile && make install clean

Dependency graph

Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.

Dependencies

Run dependencies 4

No port depends on this one.