Editing List of text editors (section)

=== System default ===
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! Name
! Description
! License
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| [[E (PC DOS)|E]] 
| is the text editor in PC DOS 6, [[PC DOS 7]] and [[PC DOS 2000]].
| {{Proprietary}}
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| [[ed (text editor)|ed]] 
| The default [[line editor]] on [[Unix]] since the birth of Unix. Either ed or a compatible editor is available on all systems labeled as Unix (not by default on every one).
| {{open source|[[Free software]]}}
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| [[ED (CP/M)|ED]]
| The default editor on [[CP/M]], [[MP/M]], [[Concurrent CP/M]], [[CP/M-86]], [[MP/M-86]], [[Concurrent CP/M-86]].
| {{open source|[[Free software]]}}
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| [[EDIT (MS-DOS)|EDIT]] 
| The default on [[MS-DOS 5.0]] and higher and is included with all 32-bit versions of Windows that do not rely on a separate copy of DOS. Up to including [[MS-DOS 6.22]], it only supported files up to 64 KB.
| {{Proprietary}}
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| [[EDIT (DR-DOS)|EDIT]]
| The text editor in [[Novell DOS 7]], [[OpenDOS 7.01]], [[DR-DOS 7.02]] and higher. Supports large files for as long as swap space is available. Version 7 and higher optionally supports a pseudo-graphics user interface named NewUI.
| {{Proprietary}}
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| [[EDIX]]
| The text editor in [[Concurrent DOS]], [[Concurrent DOS XM]], [[Concurrent PC DOS]], [[Concurrent DOS 386]], [[FlexOS 286]], [[FlexOS 386]], [[4680 OS]], [[4690 OS]], [[S5-DOS/MT]].
| {{Proprietary}}
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| [[EDITOR (DR-DOS)|EDITOR]]
| The text editor in [[DR DOS 3.31]] through [[DR DOS 6.0]], and the predecessor of [[EDIT (DR-DOS)|EDIT]].
| {{Proprietary}}
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| [[EDLIN]] 
| A command-line based line editor introduced with [[86-DOS]], and the default on [[MS-DOS]] prior to version 5 and is also available on MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows NT.
| {{Proprietary}}
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| ee
| Stands for ''Easy Editor'', is part of the base system of [[FreeBSD]], along with vi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/basics/#editors|title=Chapter 3. FreeBSD Basics &#124; FreeBSD Documentation Portal|website=docs.freebsd.org|access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
| {{open source|[[Free software]]}}
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| [[nvi]] 
| (Installed as vi by default in BSD operating systems and some [[Linux]] distributions) – A free replacement for the original vi which maintains compatibility while adding some new features.
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-3-Clause]]}}
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| [[Vi (text editor)|vi]]<ref name="vi1"/><ref name="vi2"/><ref name="vi3">Lamb, L., Robbins, A., & Robbins, A. (1998). Learning the vi Editor. " O'Reilly Media, Inc.".</ref> 
| The default for [[Unix]] systems and must be included in all [[POSIX]] compliant systems<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html|title=vi|website=pubs.opengroup.org|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>  – One of the earliest screen-based editors, it is based on [[ex (text editor)|ex]].
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-4-Clause]] or [[Common Development and Distribution License|CDDL]]}}
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