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The history of Vim (pikuma.com)

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Amazing article from Gustavo Pezzi about the history of the vi editor up to vim. Did you know that vim was first developed for the Amiga? That and lots of other interesting tidbits.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, as I am an Amiga user I've used it from very early on

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I now live in vim, but as a kid I only ever used microemacs on the Amiga because it came with the OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I love how much modern computing culture has its roots in the good old Amiga, and folks who didn't own one are totally clueless about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was really interesting to read about the slow connection speeds and screen painting being so influential in how many of vi’s commands were conceived.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah it makes sense - and even now that isn’t an issue, I feel like the ability to “program” your edits is still a great interface for productivity.