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VIM - Vi IMproved
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"VIM is the greatest editor since the stone chisel." - Dr. Jose Unpingco
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I call it vim, because Vee Eye is typically an alias of vim to begin with, and if you’ve ever actually used Vee Eye, you’d throw your computer out the window. 😁
I have used vanilla VI on real Unices (i.e. pre-Linux and pre-Minix). In fact, that's the VI I learned VI with.
The first "better VI" I used was Elvis. Then VIM of course. But here's the thing: even decades later, I still consider their extended features niceties rather than essentials. In other words, I'm still very happy to run vanilla VI to this day. The only thing from VI of yore I can't really stand anymore is HJKL: I kind of need the arrows, and the ability to move in edit mode.