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* [[vim]]
* [[vim]]
* Open Watcom Vi Editor
* Open Watcom Vi Editor
* [[xvi]] - Open Source - Discontinued.


====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 - Commercial - Discontinued.


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 19:47, 26 February 2016

vi is a 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 - Commercial - Discontinued.

Publications

  • Lamb; Robbins: Learning the vi Editor (6th Edition) O'Reilly 1998

Links