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minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoWhat is the difference anyway between vi and vim?
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 hours agoThese days the vi command on your machine is almost definitely actually vim just running in a mode with limited features to emulate vi.
minus-squarescrewlisp@gamerplus.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours ago@pmjv shouldn’t I be there? @phoenixz VI doesn’t have vimscript.
minus-squareRheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoNo visual mode (selections), you also can’t immediately see the results of your changes - if you use the c$ command, for example, the rest of the line won’t disappear.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoyeah I did not feel they are very different and most of what I do in vim is like I use vi. I mean granted I do usually use vim.
What is the difference anyway between vi and vim?
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vicommand on your machine is almost definitely actually vim just running in a mode with limited features to emulate vi.about 20 years
@pmjv
shouldn’t I be there?
@phoenixz
VI doesn’t have vimscript.
No visual mode (selections), you also can’t immediately see the results of your changes - if you use the c$ command, for example, the rest of the line won’t disappear.
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yeah I did not feel they are very different and most of what I do in vim is like I use vi. I mean granted I do usually use vim.