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What is the difference anyway between vi and vim?
These days the
vicommand on your machine is almost definitely actually vim just running in a mode with limited features to emulate vi.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.