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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago (8 children) What is the difference anyway between vi and vim? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] communism@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child) about 20 years permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] screwlisp@gamerplus.org 3 points 10 months ago @pmjv shouldn't I be there?@phoenixz VI doesn't have vimscript. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rooster326@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago* (1 child) m permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] apftwb@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago mproved permalink fedilink source parent [–] YerbaYerba@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago iMprovements permalink fedilink source parent [–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] communism@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child) about 20 years permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] screwlisp@gamerplus.org 3 points 10 months ago @pmjv shouldn't I be there?@phoenixz VI doesn't have vimscript. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] screwlisp@gamerplus.org 3 points 10 months ago @pmjv shouldn't I be there?@phoenixz VI doesn't have vimscript. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago* (1 child) m permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] apftwb@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago mproved permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent