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full form of vi

Asked by sindhu.sinni@gmail.com

can anybody tell me the full form of VI in the vi editor?? please..

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Simos Xenitellis  (simosx) said : 		#1

Sindhu,

You have asked several questions already, you got some answers and at this stage you need to provide feedback whether the answers helped you or not. This is the etiquette of using Ubuntu Answers.

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Edward Ari Bichetero (ebichete) said : 		#2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi

From the section "About VI":

The name vi is derived from the shortest unambiguous abbreviation for the command visual in 'ex'; the command in question switches the line editor ex to visual mode.

Check the Wikipedia article for more detail.

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sindhu.sinni@gmail.com (sindhu-sinni-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

thanks a lot edward.. this solved my problem:)