EVi
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What is EVi?
EVi is a hard fork from Vim v9.1.2073 (Jan 2026) to build further upon the foundations of Vim, while avoiding AI taint.
Vim, and by extension EVi, is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Many new features have been added: multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, on-line help, spell checking, filename completion, block operations, script language, etc. There is also a Graphical User Interface (GUI) available. Still, Vi compatibility is maintained, those who have Vi "in the fingers" will feel at home.
Distribution
EVi is at the time of writing only distributed from Codeberg.
Compiling
If you somehow obtained a binary distribution you don't need to compile EVi. If you obtained a source distribution, all the stuff for compiling EVi is in the src directory. See src/INSTALL for instructions.
Installation
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