vi text editor

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:editor
gptkbp:category gptkb:software
Unix text editors
1976 software
Software using the C programming language
gptkbp:commandToStart vi
gptkbp:defaultTextEditor gptkb:AIX
gptkb:Solaris
gptkb:BSD_Unix
gptkb:HP-UX
macOS (historically)
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Bill_Joy
gptkbp:distribution included in most Unix-like systems
included in POSIX
included in Single UNIX Specification
gptkbp:feature insert mode
search and replace
visual mode
modal editing
command mode
line mode
syntax highlighting (in derivatives)
gptkbp:firstReleased 1976
gptkbp:forkedFrom gptkb:Vim
gptkb:BusyBox_vi
nvi
elvis
gptkbp:genre gptkb:graphical_user_interface
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label vi text editor
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Neovim
gptkb:Vim
gptkb:BusyBox_vi
nvi
elvis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:ex
ed
gptkbp:license various
gptkbp:notableUser system administrators
programmers
Unix users
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Unix
gptkb:BSD
gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Vim
gptkb:ex
ed
gptkbp:website https://ex-vi.sourceforge.io/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:V7_Unix
gptkb:ed_text_editor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7