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vi is a screen-oriented text editor computer program written by Bill Joy in 1976 for an early BSD release.

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The name vi (pronounced "vee-eye") comes from the shortest unambiguous abbreviation for the command visual in ex. The command in question switches the line editor ex to visual mode.

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The VIM (Vi IMproved) Home Page - Perhaps the most popular vi clone. First reference point for VIM information: versions, documentation, and development.

NT - A vi clone which is nicely integrated with Windows. Created by James Iuliano and owned now by Software Online, Lemmy is a US$20 shareware editor.
Meta Description: [ Arrowhead Systems, Professional Business Internet Hosting Located In A UK Internet Exchange Point, with local Offices based in Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire. ]

Adrian's VIM Page - Brief description of advantages of using VIM text editor. Included are links to other reference pages, latest syntax files I maintain for VIM, and VIM tips and tricks.
Meta Description: [ Adrian's VIM Page ]

An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi - An excellent paper written by the author of vi, Bill Joy

BSD ex/vi 3.7 ported to modern Unix systems - The original vi source code, with a few necessary modernizations.
Meta Description: [ Traditional vi text editor ]

BVI - Binary Visual editor - The bvi editor is a display-oriented editor for binary files, based on the vi text editor.
Meta Description: [ Bvi stands for Binary VIsual editor. Bvi is a display oriented editor for binary files. Its command set is based on those of the vi texteditor. ]

Cream - Cream is an easy-to-use configuration of the powerful, free, and famous Vim text editor for both Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux.

Dominique Vim Resources - Syntax files and Vim tool for Internet Explorer.
Meta Description: [ My resources for Vim : syntax files for Winbatch and Inno Setup, Windows registry setting to have Vim in the context menu, integration with Internet Explorer ]

404 Dr Chip's Vim Page - Contains C and VimL code which helps editing with the ViM editor, including hints generation, text alignment, color schemes, network read/write, and spell checking.

Emacs for Vi users - Basic equivalent emacs editor commands and operations for users of the vi editor.
Meta Description: [ Equivalent emacs commands for vi commands for c programmers learning to use emacs after years of using vi. ]

Intellisense for Vim - This site provides intellisense (Code Insight, Autocompletion) features for Vim.

Mastering the VI Editor - A getting started guide for vi users.

Nvi - The Berkeley Vi (NVI) editor Home Page.

404 T-Ref - VIm-reference formatted to be put onto a T-Shirt.
Meta Description: [ T-Ref: Reference TShirts ]

The Cult of vi - A page of vi advocacy, links to other vi sites and an HTML version of Maarten Litmaath's very complete vi reference.

The Elvis Text Editor Homepage - The homepage of a popular vi clone available on many operating systems.

The VI Lover's Page - Mostly links plus brief info. Good overview covering: history, versions of vi, manuals, FAQs and other sites of interest.

The vi/ex Editor Tutorial - Advanced tutorial for the vi/ex editor written by Walter A. Zintz first published in Unix World magazine.

The Vim commands cheat sheet - A list of the most often used keys and commands in Vim. The cheat sheet covers tasks such as inserting and deleting text, searching and replacing, and editing blocks of text.
Meta Description: [ A Vim cheat sheet of some useful and most often used Vim commands. ]

The ViPowered! - Logo to use on web sites that are written and maintained with Vi.
Meta Description: [ The official VI powered! logo home page mirror ]

TVO: The Vim Outliner - TVO turns Vim into a full-featured text outliner. It has a menu, key mappings and a toolbar that mimic Microsoft Word's outline support. Included are scripts that produce HTML, Perl POD, and RTF.

Vi Editor FAQ - Information, tips, and tricks for learning and using vi.

Vi Quick Reference - Nicely formatted for printing single page quick reference sheet for common vi commands.

vi Reference - An expanded version of Maarten Litmaath's vi Reference. More ex commands and more examples.

VI Tutorial - A good vi tutorial and user guide aimed at engineering students.
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Vim 5.6 Reference Guide - Guide for Vim available in PDF format.

Vim and LaTeX - Environment for editing LaTeX in Vim. Huge set of menus and shortcuts. Improved syntax, compiler and ftplugin files.Recognition of usepackage commands.

Vim as XML Editor - If Vim is your main text editor, and if you do a lot of XML editing, then this mini howto might help you to make that even more fun.
Meta Description: [ If Vim is your main text editor, and if you do a lot of XML editing, then this howto might help you to make that even more fun. ]

Vim Cookbook - It contains short recipes for doing many simple and not so simple things in Vim. You should already know the basics of Vim, although each command is explained in detail.
Meta Description: [ Vim Cookbook ]

404 VIM Development - Like some of the world's best software, vim has its own development community.

Vim macro page - homepage of Jos Van Riswick - Lots of vim macros

vim online - Resources, tips and news for the Vim community.

WinVi - Free Notepad replacement highly compatible with the Vi editor issued under the GPL license.

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