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vile

text editor that combines aspects of vi and Emacs
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vile

Summary

vile is a text editor[1]. vile draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (text_editor category, ranking #35 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • vile is the creator of Paul G. Fox[3].
  • vile's image is recorded as Vile-in-terminal.png[4].
  • vile's instance of is recorded as text editor[5].
  • vile's instance of is recorded as source-available software[6].
  • vile's instance of is recorded as free software[7].
  • vile's maintained by is recorded as Paul G. Fox[8].
  • vile's maintained by is recorded as Thomas E. Dickey[9].
  • vile's based on is recorded as MicroEMACS[10].
  • vile's developer is recorded as Thomas E. Dickey[11].
  • vile's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[12].
  • vile's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • vile's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[14].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8[15].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8t[16].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8u[17].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8v[18].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8w[19].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8x[20].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8y[21].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8z[22].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8za[23].
  • vile's software version identifier is recorded as 9.8zb[24].
  • vile's Commons category is recorded as Vile (text editor)[25].
  • +1990-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of vile[26].
  • vile's publication date is recorded as +1991-06-07T00:00:00Z[27].

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Authorship and Creation

vile is the creator of Paul G. Fox[3].

Publication

vile's publication date is recorded as +1991-06-07T00:00:00Z[27].

Why It Matters

vile draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (text_editor category, ranking #35 of 95).[2] vile has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] vile is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

cross-platform free software

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . invisible-island.net. Retrieved . invisible-island.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . salsa.debian.org. Retrieved . salsa.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . invisible-island.net. invisible-island.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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