If you are here, you probably prefer Vim over Nano. Nano may be easier to start because you can edit directly as on edit visual text editor, and the shortcuts are listed at the bottom of the page.Īpart from that, I will not get into more details on this comparison. Yes, you can do almost the same thing with both, but the interface is absolutely different. There is really no common points between Vim and Nano. On Vi, you can restore only the last change.įinally, you have to know that it’s possible to configure Vim to act like Vi, if it’s only a habit problem. You have access to unlimited undo to cancel any error you made.Vi is only available on Unix systems, Vim added the support to many other systems.Syntax highlighting was not available on Vi, it’s included on Vim.The official Vim website explains the major improvement compared to vi: Just to address this question first, Vi is also available on Raspberry Pi, if you really want to use it.īy the way, Vim is a fork of Vi, so there is many common points between both. Personally, I never used Vi as I don’t like the default behavior.īut it’s probably also a habit issue, and I know that some of you may prefer to use it. The Linux community does many things to attract new users, and if they can’t edit and save a file in a terminal, it’s a big problem to keep them. Even if the reason for Linux choosing to replace it is unclear, the most probable reason is that it’s too complicated for beginners.
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