BSD Ports

editors/xvile 9.8zanb2 NetBSD

VI Like Emacs, X11 version -- a fully "X aware" vi work-alike

System
NetBSD
Repository
pkgsrc
Maintainer
[email protected]
Last update
Commit
618415630a
License
gnu-gpl-v2
Categories
editors
Package size
1146.9 KiB, 5955.3 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 9.8za, as upstream numbers it.

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

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Install

Binary package:

pkgin install xvile

From pkgsrc:

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

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

RepositoryVersion
NetBSD 10.1 x86_649.8zanb2
NetBSD 10.1 aarch649.8zanb2
SmartOS / illumos x86_649.8zanb2
macOS 15 arm649.8zanb2

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 1

No port depends on this one.

Commit history 1

DateCommitCreditsLog message
618415630a wiz *: recursive bump for perl5 5.44.0