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Re:Modeless Vim by globular-toast on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:34AM (#39010876)
Emacs runs in a terminal. Vim isn't installed everywhere, Vi is. If you're going to install an editor and a config you might as well just install Emacs.
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Re:Modeless Vim by diggan on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:29AM (#39012564)
> Vim isn't installed everywhere, Vi is

Doesn't most major distributions alias vi to vim nowadays? I think I've also come across vi being aliased to vim-tiny if I remember correctly.

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Re:Modeless Vim by quesera on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:13AM (#39013432)
I believe only the BSDs install real vi in the base OS.

Everywhere else, when you type vi, you get vim. Some neophile Linux distros provide neovim instead.

Regardless, vi and vim (and neovim) are the same in basic operations.

It's still functionally correct that "vi is always installed" and no additional action is necessary for basic text editing.

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