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Vi
A text editor for Unix like systems. It acts as window to the file that needs editing and reflects the changes. It allows to insert new text, change or delete different units of a file, such as words, sentences, paragraphs or just separate characters.
| First released | 1976 |
| Developed by | Bill Joy |
| Latest stable version | 050325 |
| Open-source | Not defined |
Interesting facts
The name was derived from one of the commands - visual.
