where is elvis coming from?
 

in previous release elvis is the official version
dated from 2003 I think (elvis 2.2.0).

I dont know If you people are aware of this fork
https://github.com/mbert/elvis

which contains the last changes from the
original author (elvis 2.2.1-prerelease)
plus several bugfixes worked on current boxes and
is actively mantained too (days ago I posted a bug
and it got solved the next day).

How about the coming release consider this branch?

I've been using this version on a daily basis for at least
3 years and I havent had any troubles.

I like the official version, which has also given me no troubles.

BTW, "requests for -current" would have been a better place to post this.

Do you know the author? why he stopped developing elvis?

I'm guessing he left the building.

PMSL

One problem I have with elvis is when I have to edit very large text files. When the swap file reaches 128MBytes then elvis does nothing but the CPU is occupied 100% for ever. You can increase the maximum size of editable file with the -B option but at the end result is the same: elvis does nothing and 100% cpu forever. I think the maximun size for a file is 65536 * block size (maximun is 8 kbytes).

When I need to edit files as large I turn to vim, but the problem with vim is that it takes a lot of RAM (unlike Elvis).

Tupelo, Mississippi?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcJac6OykfM

:)

Maybe someone stepped on his blue suede shoes.

The story I heard was that: he was caught in a trap, and he couldn't go on... or something along those lines.

:D

Or he just went home.

but he left elvis, what a peace of editor. such a rimbaud-esque act