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