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WinVi is an application designed to be an easy-to-use editor for your operating system.

This is a small selection of the features presented by WinVi:

* new release: Editing and automatic detection of Unicode files in UTF-8, UTF-16 Little Endian and UTF-16 Big Endian encodings
* new release: Unicode file names
* compatibility with Windows Notepad was my main goal
* nevertheless, it ought to be highly compatible with Vi
* a hexadecimal edit mode is available for editing binary files
* speedy program start because it is avoiding use of DLLs, MFC, etc.
* large files upto 2 gigabyte editable
* freely selectable background bitmap
* any font (variable spacing, TrueType, etc.)
* simple and clear handling with the availability of a toolbar and a status line
* support for Unix text file format
* fast change of character mappings for DOS files
* automatic word completion in command line (tab key)
* print support with choosable font (double column available)
* multiple language support (English, French, Spanish, or German)
* support of mouse wheels

Though WinVi is the superduper multi-purpose text editor you have always been waiting for, there are a few inconveniences compared with other standard editors available for Windows:

* no automatic line splitting (planned in several variations)
* many ex commands are still unimplemented (e. g. :g)
* no installation program yet
* multi-byte character sets (MBCS) are not tested and probably have bugs
* no support for right-to-left writing direction
* still no hexadecimal printing support
* no MDI support (not planned for the future)
* no automatic insertion of date and time (a feature of Notepad I don't like)