From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 05.03.2024 08:10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 06:42:01 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   >   
   >> Personally I edit my files with "vi" on my system. Since I am using   
   >> Linux this "vi" is of course Vim.   
   >   
   > Like this?   
   >   
   >     ldo@theon:~> ls -l /usr/bin/vi   
   >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 May  5  2023 /usr/bin/vi -> /etc   
   alternatives/vi   
   >     ldo@theon:~> ls -l /etc/alternatives/vi   
   >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May  5  2023 /etc/alternatives/vi ->   
   /usr/bin/vim.tiny   
   >   
   > So even when you think you’re using “vi”, you’re still actually using   
   > “vim”...   
      
   Yes, exactly. This is possible because Vim is in practice a superset   
   of Vi, and having a program that implements Vi functionality called   
   "vi" is defined as part of the POSIX utilities.   
      
   Only that I don't think that I'm using Vi, as I said, only that it's   
   called "vi". But others may think so. Mind that it's a reply to what   
   you said: >>> Nobody seems to use any editor called “vi” any more.   
      
   But again, this is Linux and the commercial world had been different.   
   On Linux you have full Vim functionality available when using "vi".   
      
   Janis   
      
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