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Thanks. They're distinct editors on macOS which I'm currently using. And no, vi doesn't have syntax highlighting so perhaps that's a big enough reason right th

• lloeki 8y ago
  > They're distinct editors on macOS which I'm currently using Nope, they're one and the same, from Mavericks† to Mojave: $ ls -l /usr/bin/vi lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 24 Jul 10:56 /usr/bin/vi -> vim `vi` merely starts `vim` in compatible mode (see `:help compatible`) † I actually booted a fresh Mavericks VM just to be sure, but I'm quite certain it's also the case way back to at least Tiger (which is the first OS X I ever had)
  • 3chelon 8y ago
    Wow I did not know that, thanks for enlightening me!