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SciTE vs Traditional Ex - Vi editor

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

SciTE

SciTE

Development

SciTE is a free and open source text editor for Windows. It has syntax highlighting, code folding, and other programming-focused features. SciTE is lightweight, customizable, and supports many languages.

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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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