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author | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2023-12-06 10:44:27 +0100 |
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diff --git a/content/blog/2023/the-true-history-of-vi.md b/content/blog/2023/the-true-history-of-vi.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..47e4e99 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2023/the-true-history-of-vi.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: "The True History of Vi" +category: vim +abstract: A short story about how we got the most important editor of all time +date: 2023-03-01T10:57:34+01:00 +year: +draft: false +tags: +- ed +- ex +- vi +- vim +- neovim +- landuke +--- +[Landuke](https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-true-history-of-vi) returns with a brief history of how Vi, the editor, came to be. I learned a lot! + +> People don't know that vi was written for a world that doesn't exist anymore. + +And the picture that explains it all. It all makes sense now! + +{{<img-center "adm-3a-kb.webp" "The keyboard layout of the ADM-3A." "https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-true-history-of-vi">}} + +> While vi may have initially only been distributed to a mere 75 people (as part of the 2BSD archive)… it would go on to become a standard of POSIX, distributed on nearly every UNIX-alike system for the last 40 years. + +The full article can be found without a subscription on [Substack](https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-true-history-of-vi). + |