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Chapter 10: OSes, Text Editors, and Word Processors

Prior to Vim, several CJKV-capable versions of vi were developed, most of which were

based upon vi clones. For example, Jstevie and jelvis were Japanese-enabled versions of

Stevie and Elvis, respectively. ere was even a Korean-enabled version of Elvis called

Hangul Elvis. Also, nvi-m17n was a multilingual version of Nvi.

For those who wish to learn more about vi, and especially about Vim, and how to use ei-

ther of them, I suggest reading Learning the vi and Vim Editors, Seventh Edition (O’Reilly

Media, 2008), by Arnold Robbins et al.

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Word Processors

Word processors or word-processing applications (    wādopurosessa or

 wāpuro in Japanese) represent the next step up from text editors in terms of

features and functionality. Supported features typically include character- or paragraph-

based font selection, multiple font styles, character-based point-size adjustment, line-

breaking, various types or levels of justication, CJKV-specic line-breaking capability,

somewhat complex formatting capabilities, the ability to use tabs, and sometimes a basic

set of graphics-building tools. Some word-processing applications even rival the features

of some page-layout applications, especially when it comes to the ability to manipulate

text. Some even include functionality that allows them to perform many of the tasks ...