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The history of Vim (pikuma.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Amazing article from Gustavo Pezzi about the history of the vi editor up to vim. Did you know that vim was first developed for the Amiga? That and lots of other interesting tidbits.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah it makes sense - and even now that isn’t an issue, I feel like the ability to “program” your edits is still a great interface for productivity.

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