Hi,

As a relatively new Vim user I have gathered that vi is an old text editor
that has spawned many so called clones and Vim is one of them.

As I read the documentation for Vim, I feel that half the text I'm reading
is about how this command is different from how it is in vi or not and all
the things that are not possible to do in vi.

Why doesn't Vim leave vi behind? As a new user I do not benefit from all the
vi-information. The only two reasons I see why vi should continually be
referenced are
1) there are still a large number of people using vi and who will be very
confused if they are ever forced to work in Vim
2) sentimentality and appreciation for vi as the mother editor

The last one, in my opinion, is not a valid reason to include so much
vi-information in the help files.

What do you think?
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