I investigated when the flash option was added to vi. It was when System V entered the VAX. 1983.
Result: a new Vim patch…

https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/14778

I tried some many editors but still come back to vi/vim and today I use only vim for my work.

That's unfortunate.

Vim is outstanding!

(13-06-2024, 04:32 PM)r1w1s1 Wrote: I tried some many editors but still come back to vi/vim and today I use only vim for my work.

I've been meaning to try vis for a few years now, because it supports Rob Pike's structured regular expressions, but haven't gotten around to it yet due to inertia. So I'm still using vim too.

I've also thought about neovim but am unsure whether the vimoutliner plugin will work with it. Does anyone know? It's old and probably obsolete but it's been a part of my workflow for almost as many years as I've been using vim.

Wouldn't it make more sense to try sam instead?

I tried sam a few years ago but only with the graphical UI -- which I didn't like. The command language, on the other hand, is lovely.

Try sam without the GUI. It's basically ed on steroids - WITH Rob Pike's regex implementation. Granted, unlike vi(s/m), you'll need to print (with or without line numbers) your stuff more often than not, but you'll love it.

sam's GUI is a matter of taste. I understand why it does what it does, to say the least.