Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi & Vim
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The history of Vi & Vim goes hand in hand with the history of open-source software. This article looks at the historical events that shaped the evolution of these text editors.

Amazing article from Gustavo Pezzi about the history of the vi editor up to vim. Did you know that vim was first developed for the Amiga? That and lots of other interesting tidbits.

    • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I now live in vim, but as a kid I only ever used microemacs on the Amiga because it came with the OS.

    • feoh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I love how much modern computing culture has its roots in the good old Amiga, and folks who didn’t own one are totally clueless about it.

  • LoopedNetwork@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    It was really interesting to read about the slow connection speeds and screen painting being so influential in how many of vi’s commands were conceived.

    • Nathan Byrd@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      10 months ago

      Yeah it makes sense - and even now that isn’t an issue, I feel like the ability to “program” your edits is still a great interface for productivity.