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Not only that, but there's also ex which was an improved version of ed. ex later got a visual mode called vi. In vim, you can run it in ex mode with the -e pa
by u801e 9y ago
Not only that, but there's also ex which was an improved version of ed. ex later got a visual mode called vi. In vim, you can run it in ex mode with the -e parameter. You can also enter ex mode using Q or gQ depending on your vim configuration.
- xelxebar 9y agoYeah! The whole history of vim is sort of what kicked off my interest in Unix history! For those not familiar with the story of how Ken Thompson came to write ed, there's a short fun read here: https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/qed.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/qed.html I do ocassionally end up in ex mode if I need to run a few vim commands back to back. I'm curious if there are other reasons to use it though.