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		JohnFen 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown Vim is heavier, but vi is not at all "lite".

jmclnx 21 days ago [–]

I do not know what you are saying. On NetBSD I see this with vi and vim editing the same file

      VSZ   RSS MAXRSS COMMAND
    13240  2896   2896 /usr/bin/vi x.txt
    45412 15212  15212 /usr/pkg/bin/vim x.txt

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