I sought for an alternative to #Vim and here's what I found: https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/vim-alternatives-on-openbsd/
This was done from #OpenBSD but it should apply to any other decent operating system.
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@joel
Interesting.
Elvis is a decent replacement, its GUI mode is quite nice plus it is lighter than #vim. Yes there are things #vim can do that Elvis cannot not, but Elvis GUI has a couple of modes that #vim does not. Like man mode, html mode and hex mode.
Outside of being in #OpenBSD packages it is also in #NetBSD pkgsrc. But one note, its GUI mode has issues with Fluxbox, but works fine in other window managers. This screen shows how I set up the GUI: