vi

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vi is a classic, modal text editor for Unix-like systems that became the de facto standard editor on many Unix distributions and inspired more advanced editors like Vim.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
vi canonical 3
vi text editor 2
vi editor 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Unix software
modal editor
text editor
basedOn ed editor
ex editor
commandPrefix /
:
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deFactoStandardFor Unix text editing
defaultEditorOn many traditional Unix systems
defaultOn many Unix distributions
developer Bill Joy
distribution included in BSD Unix base system
included in many Linux distributions
editingModel modal editing
firstReleased 1976
hasMode command mode
insert mode
last-line mode
influenced Vim keybindings
linked to: Vim
influencedBy ed
ex
inspired Neovim
Vim
elvis
linked to: Elvis Presley

nvi
license various open-source licenses
nameMeaning visual editor
notableFork elvis
linked to: Elvis Presley

nvi
stevie
operatingSystem BSD Unix
linked to: BSD

Unix
Unix-like systems
originalPlatform BSD Unix
linked to: BSD
runsOn AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
macOS
standardizedAs POSIX vi
linked to: vi text editor
supportsFeature buffers
macros
regular expression search
search and replace
syntax highlighting (in some implementations)
windows (in some variants)
userInterface text-based

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vim basedOn vi
V7 UNIX includesComponent vi text editor
linked to: vi
4.2BSD includesProgram vi editor
linked to: vi
MicroEMACS relatedTo vi
Bram Moolenaar inspiredBy vi text editor
linked to: vi