Any VI like editor under windows?

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I am wondering whether there is a vi like editor under windows command line?

Would running vi under cygwin be an acceptable answer? Alternatively there is a cmd.exe version of vi, but I have not used it personally: http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc — stew, Jun 13 '12 at 00:23
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score 43 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 03 '15 at 02:05

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Just download vim for windows from http://www.vim.org -- on the installation it will ask if you want to create shortcuts for calling it from the command line. Then you can just vim <filename>.

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jasonspiro

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answered Jun 13 '12 at 00:21

Juan Enrique Muñoz Zolotoochin

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Is GVIM different than the VIM you suggested? – Kellen Stuart Jan 18 '17 at 19:45

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '12 at 00:31

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Komodo has vi mode, eclipse has few vi plugins, using cygwin, or as Juan said go with gvim

answered Jun 13 '12 at 00:31

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I use Vrapper with eclipse which is nice. [http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/home/](http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/home/) – Ajeeb.K.P Sep 10 '15 at 03:55

Any VI like editor under windows?

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