In looking for vi[m] tools for Vista 64 I came across this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23754 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downlo

In looking for vi[m] tools for Vista 64 I came across this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23754 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2375... older, but better explanation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779522(v=ws.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779522(v=ws.10)... And a blurb on how to go about enabling some of the functionality: If you have Vista Enterprise or Ultimate, you can install the optional "Subsystem for Unix Applications" (SUA). This is under Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows Features On or Off. After you have installed SUA on Vista, then download the "Utilities and SDK for SUA" from Microsoft.com (the download URL is in the Start menu, after you install SUA). The SUA Utilities include vi, as well as all the standard Unix/Posix tools like ls, cat, sed, awk, etc. There is also the gcc compiler, so you can compile and run a wide range of open source Unix software on your Vista box. You can also download SUA binaries and source code for many popular Linux/Unix apps on Vista, from www.interopsystems.com - Apache, PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, Squid etc - it's all there. Unfortunately, SUA is not available for Home or Business editions of Vista. If you have one of these editions, you can try using Vim, a very popular vi clone (see www.vim.org). A Win32 version is availabel. In fact several Unix distributions are now shipping vim as the standard editor, in place of the classic vi (because vim has many useful extra features). Fortunately we are running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, which makes playing with this subsystem possible.