/V-I/, *not* /vi: / and *never* /siks/ [from `Visual Interface'] n A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early {BSD} release Became the de facto standard UNIX editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favorite outside of MIT until the rise of {EMACS} after about 1984 Tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup provides no indication of which mode one is in (one correspondent accordingly reports that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi: l/) Nevertheless it is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 USENET poll preferred it), and even EMACS fans often resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of EMACS) See {holy wars}
An extremely powerful Unix editor with the personality of a junkyard dog Much-beloved by many Unix aficionados
Vi is a very simple, yet powerful, editor Unlike emacs, which is a "modeless" editor, vi uses "modes" That is, at any point in an editing session, you may be in insert mode, command mode, etc While in a certain mode, there are many things you cannot do You may have to exit the mode you are in, and re-enter a different mode to do those things While not as powerful as emacs, vi is probably the most universally available editor on all Unix/Linux platforms Part of the reason for this is its small size
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A text editor created by Bill Joy Loved by many programmers because it is included with almost all Unix operating systems, hated by equally many programmers for being obtuse and confusing
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A measurement of viscosity with a change of temperatures A low VI (example 60) will thin out a lot at high temperatures whereas, a VI of 95 or higher will thin out less Some high grade oils already have naturally occurring high VI's Other VI's can be controlled through refinery processes or VI Improvers can be added