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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

What is the difference anyway between vi and vim?

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

These days the vi command on your machine is almost definitely actually vim just running in a mode with limited features to emulate vi.

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 month ago
[-] screwlisp@gamerplus.org 3 points 1 month ago

@pmjv
shouldn't I be there?
@phoenixz
VI doesn't have vimscript.

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] YerbaYerba@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago
[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

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.

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