Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition

Appendix D. vi and the Internet

Sure, vi is user friendly. It’s just particular about who it makes friends with.

Being the “standard” Unix screen editor since at least 1980 has enshrined vi firmly in Unix culture.

vi helped build Unix, and Unix in turn built the foundation for today’s Internet. Thus, it was inevitable that there be at least one Internet web site devoted to vi. This appendix describes some of the vi resources that are available for the vi connoisseur.