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This bothers me. People should just call it vim when they mean vim. I suspect most people here haven't actually touched Joy's vi or its closest derivative, nv
by clarry 12y ago
This bothers me. People should just call it vim when they mean vim. I suspect most people here haven't actually touched Joy's vi or its closest derivative, nvi.
I don't know where this practice comes from but it feels exactly the same as when people say Unix when they are very obviously talking about GNU/Linux.
- falcolas 12y agoIt probably comes from the fact that most people alias vi to vim. And from the fact that when you type vi, you're probably not getting vi, but vim in full compatibility mode. These actions make the two interchangeable in people's minds.
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