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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* August Hansen: ''vi - The UNIX Screen Editor'' - Brady 1986, ISBN 0-89303-928-4 | * 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: ''Learning the vi Editor'' (4th edition) - ISBN 0-937175-17-X | ||
* Lamb; Robbins: ''Learning the vi Editor'' (6th edition) - O'Reilly 1998 | * Lamb; Robbins: ''Learning the vi Editor'' (6th edition) - O'Reilly 1998 |
Revision as of 21:43, 30 November 2019
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 - Open Source - Discontinued
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