The Traditional Vi
4 hours ago
- #vi editor
- #Unix text editor
- #open source
- The vi editor is a common text editor on Unix developed by Bill Joy in 1976, originally based on ed and requiring a commercial license until Caldera released it under a BSD-style license in 2002, making it free.
- Traditional vi is a small program with a powerful editing interface but lacks features like multiple undo, multiple screens, or syntax highlighting.
- This port of vi maintains the original style while adding support for international character sets, multibyte encodings like UTF-8, and minor enhancements from later versions.
- New releases are announced on freshmeat.net with subscription options, and development updates can be accessed via a public CVS repository with specific retrieval instructions.
- Users are cautioned that CVS code may be untested or incomplete, requiring items from earlier releases for building, and to check the Changes file before reporting issues.