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+PortSystem 1.0
+name            elvis
+version         2.1_4
+homepage        http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/
+description     A vi/ex clone
+categories      editors
+maintainers     mike@gene-hacker.net
+master_sites    ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/ \
+                  ftp://ftp.false.com/pub/elvis/ \
+                  ftp://the.wiretapped.net/pub/elvis/ \
+                  http://www.fh-wedel.de/pub/elvis/ 
+
+checksums       md5 b5a5040899bdc197e9ccc70a561a6676
+
+configure.args --bindir=${prefix}/bin --datadir=${prefix}/share/elvis 
+
+variant x11 { configure.args-append --with-x }
+variant nox { configure.args-append --with-x=no }
+
+pre-install { cd ${worksrcpath}
+              reinplace s|/usr/man/man.1|${destroot}${prefix}/man/man1| \
+              instman.sh
+              system "install -d ${destroot}${prefix}/bin"
+              system "install -d ${destroot}${prefix}/man/man1"
+              system "install -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/elvis"
+            }
+
+install.destroot  BINDIR=${destroot}${prefix}/bin \
+                  LIBDIR=${destroot}${prefix}/share/elvis \
+
+
+long_description   \
+By Steve Kirkendall is a very powerful vi/ex clone providing \
+a remarkable number of bells and whistles like, Syntax Highlighting, \
+Multiple files in multiple windows, Networking support (http and ftp).