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'''vi''' is a a screen-oriented text editor.
'''vi''' is a 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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* [[vim]]
* [[vim]]
* Open Watcom Vi Editor
* Open Watcom Vi Editor
* [[xvi]] - Open Source - Discontinued.
* [[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 - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[Preditor/2]] - vi keyboard mappings, window layout and more


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 22:27, 2 February 2017

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

Publications

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

Links