From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 01.06.2024 15:50, Anthony Howe wrote:   
   >   
   > First there is a POSIX standard for what it means to be `vi` (as   
   > originally imagined by Bill Joy).   
      
   Yes, I spoke about standard Vi upthread; thought it would be clear   
   what "standard" was meant to mean.   
      
   > Now there are variants pre/post POSIX   
   > and some of those maintain complete backward compatibility while adding   
   > non-conflicting features, like `nvi` available on BSD systems and   
   > closest to historical.   
   >   
   > Then there is (umm) `vim` on Linux systems, that as I recall was created   
   > around the time POSIX.2 was still being balloted, so diverged in some   
   > places (I never use it because of this) before the standard was   
   > complete.  [...]   
      
   Could you be more concrete where it deviates from the standard[*]?   
   And how it (badly) affected your editing in Vim in practice?   
      
   I'm seriously asking since the changes in Vim usually fixed an   
   issue I knew from Vi so it was practically not a problem but an   
   improvement in the "user experience" (for me).   
      
   Janis   
      
   [*] I'm not asking for deviations from Bill Joy's old Vi, since   
   Vim also fixed some bugs and inconsistencies from original Vi.   
      
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