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8.3 GUI Interfaces

elvis, vim, and vile also provide graphical user interface (GUI) versions that can take advantage of a bit-mapped display and mouse. Besides supporting X Windows under UNIX, support for MS-Windows or other windowing systems may also be available. Table 8.1 summarizes the available GUIs for the different clones.


Table 8.1: Available GUIs
EditorX11MS-WindowsOS/2BeOSMacintoshAmiga
elvisXXX
vimXXXXXX
vileXXX

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