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by a3n 2395 days ago
Why isn't the vi editor in there? It's at least as "vim-like" as bash or tmux.
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Vi isn't Vim-like. Vim is Vi-like.
All of the listed apps have a subset of vim's functions. So does vi.

You use the listed apps because you wish you were in vim, sort of.

When you log in to a strange or bare system and need to edit, you wish you had vim. But at least you'll have vi, almost as good.

Exactly. Vim stands for "Vi, Improved".
That’s a little like asking why your grandmother isn’t in a list of your cousins