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vi and emacs were released in the same year. The fact that vi iMproved became the dominant implementation isn't particularly relevant here.
by samatman 6y ago
vi and emacs were released in the same year.
The fact that vi iMproved became the dominant implementation isn't particularly relevant here.
- mattl 6y agoAre vim users going to be able to use vi? Genuine question. I’ve barely used either.
- colordrops 6y agoYes, vim is a superset of vi
- BeetleB 6y ago> The fact that vi iMproved became the dominant implementation isn't particularly relevant here. I think it is. Most vim users I know have never used vi and would hate it. As a reminder: In vi, when you go into "insert" mode, you cannot edit anything prior to where the cursor was when you entered insert mode. vim got rid of such annoyances.
- samatman 6y agoThe topic of discussion was: > If emacs adopted vim-like keybindings early on I consider it obvious that "vim-like" keybindings are also "vi-like" keybindings, and that emacs could in fact have adopted them before the invention of vim. It wouldn't have of course; when the Editor Wars were truly raging, the modal vs. modeless debate was at the heart of the partisanship. But that's a separate question.