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On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:07:46 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In vi, the standard way to get the version is with ":version". It looks
> like arch is using Heirloom Vi:
> 
> https://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/

yup, Version 4.0 (gritter)  12/25/06

https://github.com/n-t-roff/heirloom-ex-vi/blob/master/ex.c has both

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