On 2019-04-16, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> In the help files there are quite a few {not in Vi} notes. I wonder if these
> are still useful, now that Vim is more or less the standard, and the original
> Vi is hard to find. The help is easier to read without them.
>
> An alternate solution would be {Vi compatible} in places where the command was
> already supported by Vi. But then, is this useful? If someone really wants to
> know, there probably is a place on the internet where this info can be found.
The {Vi compatible} notes might be more useful as they wouldn't have
to be added to every new command and feature. They might help ward
off the occasional complaint about why some command behaves the way
it does instead of some "better" way.
As for finding info on the Internet, I've been finding a lot of bad
links recently. Some are to publications that have folded, to
companies that have cleaned up their servers of "old" pages, or to
university faculty accounts whose owners have retired. I'm wary of
assuming that info found on the Internet today will be there
tomorrow.
As the de facto standard implementation of vi's command set and
behavior, maybe Vim should have a vi.txt help file that includes
a listing of all the original vi commands with links to the Vim help
topics. That would avoid cluttering the other help pages with
either {not in Vi} or {Vi compatible} notes.
Regards,
Gary
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