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minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWhat is the difference anyway between vi and vim?
minus-squarescrewlisp@gamerplus.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago@pmjv shouldn’t I be there? @phoenixz VI doesn’t have vimscript.
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months 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-squareRheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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?
about 20 years
@pmjv
shouldn’t I be there?
@phoenixz
VI doesn’t have vimscript.
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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.
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.