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0 pointsviraptor2y ago0 comments

> vi and vim have modes because they were created in an era where computing and terminal capabilities were very limited

vim was released in 1991. Same year linux kernel started and Apple PowerBook came out. Limited terminal capabilities is not the reason vim is modal.

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Vim was heavily based on vi, and vi was designed for limited terminal capacities.

And it's now been decades since vi itself, where things would've changed many times if that was the only reason that vi was modal.

Things have changed, just not the paradigm that vim operates on.

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0 pointsviraptor2y ago0 comments

> vi and vim have modes because they were created in an era where computing and terminal capabilities were very limited

vim was released in 1991. Same year linux kernel started and Apple PowerBook came out. Limited terminal capabilities is not the reason vim is modal.

Vim was heavily based on vi, and vi was designed for limited terminal capacities.

And it's now been decades since vi itself, where things would've changed many times if that was the only reason that vi was modal.

Things have changed, just not the paradigm that vim operates on.

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