Vi

Summary

Vi is a modal text editor^[1]. Vi draws 562 Wikipedia views per month (modal_text_editor category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vi is the creator of Bill Joy^[3].
• Vi's image is recorded as NetBSD 6.1 vi C Hello World.png^[4].
• Vi's instance of is recorded as modal text editor^[5].
• Vi's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command^[6].
• Vi's developer is recorded as Bill Joy^[7].
• Vi's GND ID is recorded as 4195682-5^[8].
• Vi's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses^[9].
• Vi's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[10].
• Vi's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system^[11].
• Vi's software version identifier is recorded as 050325^[12].
• Vi's Commons category is recorded as Vi (editor)^[13].
• +1976-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vi^[14].
• Vi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07zlj^[15].
• Vi's introduced feature is recorded as text editing^[16].
• Vi's official website is recorded as https://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/^[17].
• Vi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vi^[18].
• Vi's described at URL is recorded as https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html^[19].
• Vi's source code repository URL is recorded as https://ex-vi.cvs.sourceforge.net/ex-vi/ex-vi/^[20].
• Vi's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/vi^[21].
• Vi's Open Hub ID is recorded as vi^[22].
• Vi's Arch Linux package is recorded as vi^[23].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as COLUMNS^[24].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as EXINIT^[25].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as HOME^[26].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Vi is the creator of Bill Joy^[3].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Vi include Vim^[28], a source code editor^[29], founded in 1991^[30].

Why It Matters

Vi draws 562 Wikipedia views per month (modal_text_editor category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] Vi has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Vi is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Vi has been cited as an influence by Xvi^[33], an application software^[34] and Win Vi^[35], an application software^[36].

Entities named for Vi include Vim^[28], a source code editor^[29], founded in 1991^[30].

FAQs

Who did Vi influence?

Vi has been cited as an influence by Xvi^[33] and Win Vi^[35].