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dmenu vs Traditional Ex - Vi editor

A side-by-side look at dmenu and Traditional Ex - Vi editor. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

dmenu

dmenu

Os & Utilities

dmenu is a fast, lightweight dynamic menu utility for X Window System. It provides a simple way to launch applications and run commands from a text-based menu accessible via a custom keybinding.

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Traditional Ex - Vi editor

Traditional Ex - Vi editor

Development

The vi editor (short for visual editor) is a classic, ubiquitous text editor common to Unix-like systems. It has a modal, command-based interface, and supports extensive key bindings and scripting. It excels at text editing productivity once the user knows the commands.

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