EVi: A Hard-Fork of Vim v9.1.0 Created to Avoid AI Integration
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Summary
EVi is a hard-fork of Vim v9.1.0 (January 2024) created as an advanced modal text editor for programmers and system administrators. The project was forked specifically to continue Vim's development while avoiding the use of AI entirely. EVi builds upon the foundations of Vim and older versions of the classic UNIX editor Vi, adding modern features like multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, and command line improvements while maintaining the modal editing philosophy.
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It is a hard fork from Vim v9.1.0 (Jan 2024), created to build further upon the foundations of Vim while avoiding the use of AI entirely.
EVi and older versions of Vim are greatly improved versions of the good old UNIX editor Vi.
Many new features have been added: multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line hi
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