VIM : VIM/Contributors

VIM, which stands for Vi IMproved, is a free multi-platform text editor. VIM's multi-mode full screen editing paradigm is a conceptual outgrowth of the original vi editor implementation that, since the early 1980s, has been distributed as an essential part of every operating system that is derived from Unix. Since its inception in the early 1990s VIM has grown to accommodate an extensive array of features, both original and derived from other free and commercial text editors. This success is an outgrowth of the development process which has been driven by the public publication of the VIM source code combined with the constant interaction between users, developers, and the original creator of VIM, Bram Moolenaar.

Some of the main features of VIM and improvements of VIM over vi:

VIM is 99% Vi compatible
portability
- Unix, Linux
- MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, IBM OS/2
- IBM OS/390, DEC/Digital/Compaq VMS
- BeOS, Mac OS, Risc OS
- Amiga, Atari MiNT
multi level undo/redo
multiple modified buffers
Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode
split windows -- both horizontal and vertical
syntax highlighting[?] for hundreds of file types, even Wikipedia format
trans-session history of commands/searches/registers/positions ...
command-line editing and extensive completion
IDE-like build/review/edit features
session state preservation
configurable status line[?]
insert-mode completion
multi-mode text folding[?]
extended scripting[?] and expressions
scripted plugins including remote file editing
visual mode selection with char/line/block ranges
comprehensive integrated help system with hypertext via ctags[?]

External links

VIM home page (http://www.vim.org/)
Latest news (http://www.vim.org/news.html)
VIM FAQ (http://www.vim.org/faq/)
Downloading (ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS)
Mailing lists (http://www.vim.org/mail.html)
VIM on Sourceforge (http://vim.sf.net/)
comp.editors: VIM (Dominated) Newsgroup (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.editors)

		VIM : VIM/Contributors
		VIM, which stands for Vi IMproved, is a free multi-platform text editor. VIM's multi-mode full screen editing paradigm is a conceptual outgrowth of the original vi editor implementation that, since the early 1980s, has been distributed as an essential part of every operating system that is derived from Unix. Since its inception in the early 1990s VIM has grown to accommodate an extensive array of features, both original and derived from other free and commercial text editors. This success is an outgrowth of the development process which has been driven by the public publication of the VIM source code combined with the constant interaction between users, developers, and the original creator of VIM, Bram Moolenaar. Some of the main features of VIM and improvements of VIM over vi: VIM is 99% Vi compatible portability Unix, Linux MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, IBM OS/2 IBM OS/390, DEC/Digital/Compaq VMS BeOS, Mac OS, Risc OS Amiga, Atari MiNT multi level undo/redo multiple modified buffers Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode split windows -- both horizontal and vertical syntax highlighting[?] for hundreds of file types, even Wikipedia format trans-session history of commands/searches/registers/positions ... command-line editing and extensive completion IDE-like build/review/edit features session state preservation configurable status line[?] insert-mode completion multi-mode text folding[?] extended scripting[?] and expressions scripted plugins including remote file editing visual mode selection with char/line/block ranges comprehensive integrated help system with hypertext via ctags[?] External links VIM home page (http://www.vim.org/) Latest news (http://www.vim.org/news.html) VIM FAQ (http://www.vim.org/faq/) Downloading (ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS) Mailing lists (http://www.vim.org/mail.html) VIM on Sourceforge (http://vim.sf.net/) comp.editors: VIM (Dominated) Newsgroup (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.editors)
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