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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] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yes, as I am an Amiga user I've used it from very early on

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I now live in vim, but as a kid I only ever used microemacs on the Amiga because it came with the OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I love how much modern computing culture has its roots in the good old Amiga, and folks who didn't own one are totally clueless about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was really interesting to read about the slow connection speeds and screen painting being so influential in how many of vi’s commands were conceived.

[–] [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.