Vi

Summary

Vi is a modal text editor^[1]. Vi draws 2,517 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 instance of is recorded as modal text editor^[4].
• Vi's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command^[5].
• Vi's developer is recorded as Bill Joy^[6].
• Vi's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses^[7].
• Vi's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[8].
• Vi's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system^[9].
• Vi's software version identifier is recorded as 050325^[10].
• Vi's Commons category is recorded as Vi (editor)^[11].
• 1976 marks the founding of Vi^[12].
• Vi's introduced feature is recorded as text editing^[13].
• Vi's official website is recorded as https://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/^[14].
• Vi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vi^[15].
• Vi's described at URL is recorded as https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html^[16].
• Vi's source code repository URL is recorded as https://ex-vi.cvs.sourceforge.net/ex-vi/ex-vi/^[17].
• Vi's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/vi^[18].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as COLUMNS^[19].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as EXINIT^[20].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as HOME^[21].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG^[22].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL^[23].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE^[24].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE^[25].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES^[26].
• Vi's reads environment variable is recorded as LINES^[27].

Body

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 2,517 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].