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vi (pronounced as distinct letters, / ˌ v iː ˈ aɪ / ⓘ) [1] is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset of the behavior of vi and programs based on it, and the ex editor language supported within these programs, is described by (and thus standardized by) the Single Unix Specification and POSIX.
The user selects or "highlights" the text or file for moving by some method, typically by dragging over the text or file name with the pointing-device or holding down the Shift key while using the arrow keys to move the text cursor. The user performs a "cut" operation via key combination Ctrl+x (⌘+x for Macintosh users), menu, or other means.
To support specified character encoding, the editor must be able to load, save, view and edit text in the specific encoding and not destroy any characters. For UTF-8 and UTF-16, this requires internal 16-bit character support. Partial support is indicated if: 1) the editor can only convert the character encoding to internal (8-bit) format for ...
EVE (introduced as the Extensible VAX Editor, [1] [2] [3] later [4] as the Extensible Versatile Editor [5]) is a flexible text editor that is part of the VMS operating system. [6] EVE is implemented by using the Text Processing Utility (TPU). [7] The Emacs editor features an EVE emulation (as an add-on). [8]
A tabbed text editor. GPL-3.0-or-later: Pe: A text editor for BeOS. MIT: pluma: The default text editor of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. GPL-2.0-or-later: PolyEdit: Proprietary word processor and text editor. Proprietary: Programmer's File Editor (PFE) Freeware: PSPad: An editor for Microsoft Windows with various programming ...
In his 2008 review of the 7th edition for Dr. Dobb's Journal, author Mike Riley compared the coverage afforded by the book to a combination of the Vim online documentation and O'Reilly's vi Editor Pocket Reference. While noting that the book "continues to fulfill an apparent market need," he did not find the book appropriate for more advanced ...
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nvi (new vi) is a re-implementation of the classic Berkeley text editor, ex/vi, traditionally distributed with BSD and, later, Unix systems. It was originally distributed as part of the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution (4BSD).