I have heard some say vi (or nvi as it is sometimes called) is better than vim

I have heard some say vi (or nvi as it is sometimes called) is better than vim
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No you haven't

Literally never heard that by anyone
vi is already installed by default I guess but there's not any reason to use it if vim is installed
Can't really say it uses more/less resources because it's a god damn terminal text editor, and unless you're running an ancient UNIX box then it doesn't matter

vimkeys are retarded
dumbest editor ever

Yes I have, on this very board in fact.

yes it is less bloated and has the functions I need
>t. bloatware person

So all those times I accidentally typed vi file.txt, I wasn't using vim? I thought it was the same thing this whole fucking time.

Many systems will replace vi with a symlink to vim when vim is installed

Ah, was going to say they're basically the same thing.

I hope you're kidding. If you're not: nvim is a project to fix issues that vim had in the past, as well as add new things. Vim is vi improved. I really like nvim, and in the event I can't use it, then any amount of vi's modal editing is fine.

Nobody is talking about neovim. nvi is an old implementation of vi that many distributions ship as their vi

damn just install neoneovimm improved, you don't want all those issues goyim

Gotcha, I figured OP was just confusing terms, as they're common to do
>Vimscript isn't an issue for maintainability and extensibility

I use vim bindings for everything, but I honestly think vim itself is kinda crap for anything beyond making quick edits to files.

Does neovim actually give you anything new beyond async extensions and lua scripting?

>not using Elvis
>groff support
>HTML support
>more slim than nvi

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Damn, he was hot.

That person is an idiot. Vim is just vi with more features.

brainlet

>with more features.
Oh, you mean bloat.

>Not wanting relative line

>vim is bloat
just use cat to edit files then

Pico vs Nano

emacs

>Needlessly big mess of an editor
No thanks

>fearing features

I don't fear them, I just have no use for them. I've tried to use emacs, with a honest heart, and it just didn't speak to me the way vim does. Yes, I could use evil mode, but I'd really rather just use vim at that point

I like nvi. It has fewer weird Windows/Amiga bindings.

They're probably baiting.

nvim is better

vim has too much stuff

because bloat and blah blah blah...
But they are both shit, the same with emacs.
Also sublime and atom are shit, for different reasons

vi == the original vi editor
nvi == a slightly improved version of vi
vim == vi improved, basically vi with better stuff fronted to the user
neovim == vim with bloat
emacs == a bloated pipedream of rms
spacemacs == emacs but a little better
ed == the superior editor

>vi == the original vi editor
Old and with a slow interface
>nvi == a slightly improved version of vi
Useless
>vim == vi improved, basically vi with better stuff fronted to the user
Good for quick edits
>neovim == vim with bloat
Useless
>emacs == a bloated pipedream of rms
God tier universal IDE
>spacemacs == emacs but a little better
Useless when evil exists
>ed == the superior editor
Useless for terminals with more than one line of screen

Vi usually refers to POSIX compliant vi. Vim has lots of features that don't exist in vi, and a few of them break compatibility with vi. For example, in insert mode in vi, you can only delete text produced in that particular insert instance. Vim allows you to change any text while in insert mode, breaking vi compatibility. Vim runs POSIX compliant per default though, but if a vimrc exists it will switch to nocompatible (not POSIX compliant).