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'''vi''' is a a screen-oriented text editor.
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'''vi''' is a screen-oriented text editor.


== History ==
== History ==
* 1978: visual mode of line editor [[ex]] by [[Bill Joy]]
* 1978: visual mode of line editor '''ex''' by Bill Joy
* May 1979: included in 2BSD (ex 2.0)
* May 1979: included in 2BSD (ex 2.0)
* Jun 1979: ex/vi 2.7
* Jun 1979: ex/vi 2.7
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== OS/2 Implementations ==
== OS/2 Implementations ==
=== Clones ===
=== Clones ===
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/editors/stvi369g.zip stevie]
* [[STEVIE]]
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/editors/levee.zip levee]
* levee
* [[elvis]]
* [[elvis]]
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/editors/nvi179b.zip nvi]
* nvi
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/editors/vil70os2.zip vile]
* [[vile]] - vi like emacs
* [[vim]]
* [[vim]]
* Open Watcom Vi Editor
* Open Watcom Vi Editor
* [[xvi]]


====OS/2 editors that offer some vi compatibility====
===OS/2 editors that offer some vi compatibility===
* [[Preditor/2]] - vi keyboard mappings, window layout and more.
* [[Preditor/2]] - vi keyboard mappings, window layout and more


== Publications ==
==Publications==
* Lamb; Robbins: ''Learning the vi Editor'' (6th Edition) O'Reilly 1998
* August Hansen: ''vi - The UNIX Screen Editor'' - Brady 1986, ISBN 0-89303-928-4
* Hewlett-Packard: ''The Ultimate Guide to the vi and ex Text Editors'' - Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-8053-4460-8
* Lamb: ''Learning the vi Editor'' (4th edition) - ISBN 0-937175-17-X
* Lamb; Robbins: ''Learning the vi Editor'' (6th edition) - O'Reilly 1998


== Links ==
== Links ==
* http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/
* http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/


[[Category:Text editors]]
[[Category:Text editors]][[Category:Generic Unix Tools]]

Latest revision as of 14:22, 5 December 2022

vi is a screen-oriented text editor.

History

  • 1978: visual mode of line editor ex by Bill Joy
  • May 1979: included in 2BSD (ex 2.0)
  • Jun 1979: ex/vi 2.7
  • Aug 1980: ex/vi 3.5
  • Oct 1981: ex/vi 3.7

OS/2 Implementations

Clones

OS/2 editors that offer some vi compatibility

  • Preditor/2 - vi keyboard mappings, window layout and more

Publications

  • August Hansen: vi - The UNIX Screen Editor - Brady 1986, ISBN 0-89303-928-4
  • Hewlett-Packard: The Ultimate Guide to the vi and ex Text Editors - Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-8053-4460-8
  • Lamb: Learning the vi Editor (4th edition) - ISBN 0-937175-17-X
  • Lamb; Robbins: Learning the vi Editor (6th edition) - O'Reilly 1998

Links