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### 1.4 Differences from Vi

The major differences from Vi are explained below.

• Undoing: |  | You can undo more in VIP.
• Changing: |  | Commands for changing the text.
• Searching: |  | Search commands.
• z Command: |  | You can now use zH, zM and zL as well as z- etc.
• Counts: |  | Some Vi commands which do not accept a count now accept one.
• Marking: |  | You can now mark the current point, beginning of the buffer etc.
• Region Commands: |  | You can now give a region as an argument for delete commands etc.
• New Commands: |  | Some new commands not available in Vi are added.
• New Bindings: |  | Bindings of some keys are changed for the convenience of editing under Emacs.
• Window Commands: |  | Commands for moving among windows etc.
• Buffer Commands: |  | Commands for selecting buffers etc.
• File Commands: |  | Commands for visiting files etc.
• Misc Commands: |  | Other useful commands.