Re: 2.18.2 - Thoughts so far

[Carl Sorensen]

On 10/4/15 8:40 PM, "Colin Campbell" <address@hidden> wrote:

>On 15-10-04 06:29 PM, Ivan Kuznetsov wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Karen S. Billings <address@hidden>
>>wrote:
>>> I'm a former Bell Labs engineer, where I used Unix (vi, awk, shell,
>>>etc.) everyday.
>>> I got so used to using those tools, and I find I miss their power...
>>>
>>> I'm really struggling to learn how to use the "tools" available to me
>>>on my PC.  I used
>>> to have a version of vi available as part of MKS toolkit, but it
>>>hasn't worked in years...
>>>
>>> How would somebody like me gain access to vi (and other Unix-like
>>>tools)?
>> By using Lilypond under Linux.
>>
>
>If you are required to stay with Windows, you might have a look at
>cygwin: https://www.cygwin.com/

You can also use the MinGW tools.  http://www.mingw.org/
They are lighter weight (but less comprehensive) than cygwin.

You could also run a VirtualBox virtual machine under Windows with a Linux
environment.

Finally, there is a version of vim for Windows:
http://www.vim.org/download.php

HTH,

Carl