Vim Text File Editor
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A Vim Text File Editor is a charityware text file editor that extends the vim Editor.
- AKA: Vi Improved Editor.
- Context:
- Example(s):
- See: Emacs, pico.
References
2013
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_%28text_editor%29
- Vim is a text editor written by Bram Moolenaar and first released publicly in 1991. Based on the vi editor common to Unix-like systems, Vim is designed for use both from a command line interface and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface. Vim is free and open source software and is released under a license that includes some charityware clauses, encouraging users who enjoy the software to consider donating to children in Uganda.[1] The license is compatible with the GNU General Public License.
Although Vim was originally released for the Amiga, Vim has since been developed to be cross-platform, supporting many other platforms. In 2006, it was voted the most popular editor amongst Linux Journal readers.[2]
- Vim is a text editor written by Bram Moolenaar and first released publicly in 1991. Based on the vi editor common to Unix-like systems, Vim is designed for use both from a command line interface and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface. Vim is free and open source software and is released under a license that includes some charityware clauses, encouraging users who enjoy the software to consider donating to children in Uganda.[1] The license is compatible with the GNU General Public License.
- ↑ Vim documentation: uganda
- ↑ "Linux Journal: 2003 Readers' Choice Awards". 2003-11-01. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7029#N0x850ca10.0x85cf4c4. Retrieved 2006-05-24.; "Linux Journal: 2004 Readers' Choice Awards". 2004-11-01. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7724#N0x850cd80.0x85d3e3c. Retrieved 2006-05-24.; "Linux Journal: 2005 Readers' Choice Awards". 2005-09-28. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8520#N0x850cd80.0x87983bc. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
- http://www.vim.org/about.php
- Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. It's useful whether you're already using vi or using a different editor. Users of Vim 5 and 6 should consider upgrading to Vim 7.
- Vim isn't an editor designed to hold its users' hands. It is a tool, the use of which must be learned.
Vim isn't a word processor. Although it can display text with various forms of highlighting and formatting, it isn't there to provide WYSIWYG editing of typeset documents. (It is great for editing TeX, though.)