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Building my own Vi text editor in BASIC

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Summary

The author builds yvi, a Vi-inspired text editor written in BASIC (Yabasic). The project evolves to support basic Vim commands, including insert/normal modes, file I/O, undo, search, and simple navigation, with the code around 500 lines. The post emphasizes learning through building and shares open-source links.

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