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authorMichael Reed <Pyrohh@users.noreply.github.com>2015-11-25 14:47:14 -0500
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Merge pull request #3740 from Pyrohh/vi_diff2
[RFC] doc: More vi_diff.txt cleanup
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@@ -28,28 +28,6 @@ Note that quite a few items are contradicting. This is intentional. A
balance must be found between them.
-VIM IS... VI COMPATIBLE *design-compatible*
-
-First of all, it should be possible to use Vim as a drop-in replacement for
-Vi. When the user wants to, he can use Vim in compatible mode and hardly
-notice any difference with the original Vi.
-
-Exceptions:
-- We don't reproduce obvious Vi bugs in Vim.
-- There are different versions of Vi. I am using Version 3.7 (6/7/85) as a
- reference. But support for other versions is also included when possible.
- The Vi part of POSIX is not considered a definitive source.
-- Vim adds new commands, you cannot rely on some command to fail because it
- didn't exist in Vi.
-- Vim will have a lot of features that Vi doesn't have. Going back from Vim
- to Vi will be a problem, this cannot be avoided.
-- Some things are hardly ever used (open mode, sending an e-mail when
- crashing, etc.). Those will only be included when someone has a good reason
- why it should be included and it's not too much work.
-- For some items it is debatable whether Vi compatibility should be
- maintained. There will be an option flag for these.
-
-
VIM IS... IMPROVED *design-improved*
The IMproved bits of Vim should make it a better Vi, without becoming a