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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

STEVIE
levee
elvis
nvi
vile - vi like emacs
vim
Open Watcom Vi Editor
xvi

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

http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/

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-'''vi''' is a a screen-oriented text editor.
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:vi}}
+'''vi''' is a screen-oriented text editor.
 == 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)
 * Jun 1979: ex/vi 2.7
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 == OS/2 Implementations ==
 === 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]]
-* [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]]
 * Open Watcom Vi Editor
-* [[xvi]] - Open Source - Discontinued.
+* [[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 - Commercial - Discontinued.
+* [[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 ==