vi Editor Information & Resources
I use the vi (pronounced "vee-eye") text editor when working on Unix systems. After trying pico and emacs, I settled on vi in 1990 as a good compromise between features, speed, and learning curve. It is also nearly universally found on all Unix and Linux servers. Since then I've found my choice to have been reasonable in terms of my original criteria. --Kent Nassen
I present here a brief introduction to the characteristics of vi as well as links to other vi resources on the web, including freeware, shareware, and commercial vi software for use on Unix, Windows, DOS, Macintosh, and other systems. vi originated as the visual mode of ex around 1976 and became a stand-alone command named "vi" in 1979 with ex 2.0 in 2BSD.
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