xvi is the smallest clone of the famous "vi" editor, with almost all of the commands of the original version by Bill Joy with the addition of a multiple buffer feature which allows you to edit several files simultaneously as well as allowing several views onto one file.

It does not implement the command-line "ex mode" and "open mode" of vi, nor the smart programming-language-specific modes. Exact differences between xvi and standard "vi" are listed in its manual page.

In spite of its name, it is not specific to the X Window System, and and runs on any regular text terminal.

xvi was written by Chris and John Downey in the late 80s and early 90s, is derived from the STEVIE by Tim Thompson and Tony Andrews and currently lives at http://xvi.sourceforge.net