Vim
is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient
text editor. It is an improved version of the vi editor
distributed with most UNIX systems.
Vim is often
called a "programmer's editor," and so useful for
programming that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim
is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email
to editing configuration files.
Vim behaves like
the standard Unix editor Vi, and adds many useful extensions. It
is included in all major Linux distributions. Vim runs on many
different operating systems, including MS-Windows, OS/2, Unix
(many), Amiga, VMS and Macintosh.
Advantages:
- Most commands
are normal key strokes, works very efficient.
- Multi-level
undo.
- Syntax
highlighting for over 170 languages.
- Translates
files to HTML with syntax highlighting.
- Consistent over
many different operating systems.
- Advanced script
language.
- 99.9% backwards
compatible with Vi.
- Visual area
selection, any operation can be used on the selection.
- Recording of
commands.
- Many more.
Vim Online
Vim online is a
central place for the Vim community to store useful Vim tips and
tools. Vim has a scripting language that allows for plugin like
extensions to enable IDE behavior, syntax highlighting,
colorization as well as other advanced features. These scripts
can be uploaded and maintained using Vim online.
Supported
Charity
International
Child Care Fund (ICCF) Holland
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