Chronology

Vi started to run on Amiga (no existing port of Vi) imitating Stevie

Date Version Update
1964 Qed Quick editor, the first with ReGex
1971 Ed One of the first UNIX program
1976 Ex Short for extended -> vi
1988 1.0 Vi iMitation on the Amiga
1991 1.14 First public release
1992 1.22 Port to Unix, renamed Vi iMproved
1994 3.0 Multiple windows
1996 4.0 GUI
1998 5.0 Syntax highlighting
2000 6.0 Folding, multi-language
2006 7.0 Spell checker, Tabs
2016 8.0 Job

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