Re: [Sheflug] Vi

[Neil McGovern <sheflug [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 11:54:48AM +0100, David Johnson wrote:
> On Friday 22 July 2005 20:01, Dean Sas wrote:
> > Could someone tell me what VI stands for, or means? It's a command I've
> > typed many times and only just realised I don't know why it's called
> > what it is. I know VIM is Vi Improved, but clueless to the original
> > meaning.
> >
> 
> It's short for 'visual'. A visual text editor is one that displays the file on 
> the screen and allows you to move up and down it with the keyboard and edit 
> it. This is how every modern (post 1970s) text editor works.
> If you're feeling brave and want to see what text editors were like before 
> they were visual, type 'ex'.
> 

Or even better, ed :)

Neil
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