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Traditional Ex - Vi editor vs vile

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

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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vile

vile

Development

Vile is a lightweight text editor for programmers, focused on flexibility and high performance. It has vim-style key bindings and macros, but aims to be small and fast.

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