commit 92d765aba0354a08f0a644cd9f48bafd92f0f516 parent 27232b79eab2931cc0eea2a279d118a6560c549a Author: Michał M. Sapka <michal@sapka.me> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 11:00:38 +0100 feat: article for 2023-03-01 Diffstat:
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diff --git a/assets/content_images/adm-3a-kb.webp b/assets/content_images/adm-3a-kb.webp Binary files differ. diff --git a/content/2023/the-true-history-of-vi.md b/content/2023/the-true-history-of-vi.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: "The True History of Vi" +category: "blog" +abstract: A short story about how we got the most important editor of all time +date: 2023-03-01T10:57:34+01:00 +year: +draft: false +tags: +- ed +- ex +- vi +- vim +- neovim +- landuke +--- +[Landuke](https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-true-history-of-vi) returns with a brief history of how Vi, the editor, came to be. I learned a lot! + +> People don't know that vi was written for a world that doesn't exist anymore. + +And the picture that explains it all. It all makes sense now! + +{{<img-center "adm-3a-kb.webp" "The keyboard layout of the ADM-3A." "https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-true-history-of-vi">}} + +> While vi may have initially only been distributed to a mere 75 people (as part of the 2BSD archive)… it would go on to become a standard of POSIX, distributed on nearly every UNIX-alike system for the last 40 years. + +The full article can be found without a subscription on [Substack](https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-true-history-of-vi). + diff --git a/resources/_gen/images/adm-3a-kb_hu47a4db6c3a5e4cd350a58202a9ef88c7_13534_1000x0_resize_q90_h2_box_2.webp b/resources/_gen/images/adm-3a-kb_hu47a4db6c3a5e4cd350a58202a9ef88c7_13534_1000x0_resize_q90_h2_box_2.webp Binary files differ. diff --git a/resources/_gen/images/adm-3a-kb_hu47a4db6c3a5e4cd350a58202a9ef88c7_13534_500x0_resize_q90_h2_box_2.webp b/resources/_gen/images/adm-3a-kb_hu47a4db6c3a5e4cd350a58202a9ef88c7_13534_500x0_resize_q90_h2_box_2.webp Binary files differ.
