Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:32:12 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> Cc: David Leimbach <dleimbac@earthlink.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi and ex origen Message-ID: <200106252032.f5PKWCn00552@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:12:53 EDT." <5.1.0.14.0.20010613031233.02512c20@mail.enterit.com>
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> >Here is the family tree: > > > > ed > > ex sed > > vi > > vim elvis [other vi like editors] there were a couple of more respones, in which I mentioned that ex and vi are the same program, and someone else suggested that it was first ex, and then the vi was added. So, was it always vi and ex, or was it first ex, and later vi? The answer: both. BSD 1 had ex, while BSD 2 had ex and vi. But: vi was included in the ex in BSD 1, by the command :vi ; it just didn't have it's own name from the command line . . . hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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