Running vi in adb under Windows
You can do it with PuTTYTray. It's an improved version of PuTTY which features a number of additional features. One of such feature is Android adb support. To use it:
- Select
Adbas Connection type - Enter
-d(for single usb device) or device serial number in the host field - ???
- PROFIT!!!
This is a late answer to your question in 2012. I found that if I run Windows PowerShell, I can do "vi" under the adb shell.
Launch PowerShell (use your Android SDK location, not mine)
PS C:\Users\Me> cd Downloads\Android\Sdk\Platform-ToolsPS C:\Users\Me\Downloads\Android\Sdk\Platform-Tools> .\adb shellroot@vbox86p:/ # cd data/data/com.mycorporation.myproj/shared_prefsroot@vbox86p:/data/data/com.mycorporation.myproj/shared_prefs # vi log_prefsI only used simple vi commands like 'o', 'esc', and ':wq', but it worked well using the full screen (none of the garbage you would see in the Windows Command Prompt).