Vim is a text editor released by Bram Moolenaar in 1991 for the Amiga computer. The name "Vim" is an acronym for "Vi IMproved" because Vim was created as an extended version of the vi editor, with many additional features designed to be helpful in editing program source code.
Vim is cross-platform. It is the most popular editor amongst Linux Journal readers.
Released under a software license compatible with the GNU General Public License, Vim is ...
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Vim is a text editor released by Bram Moolenaar in 1991 for the Amiga computer. The name "Vim" is an acronym for "Vi IMproved" because Vim was created as an extended version of the vi editor, with many additional features designed to be helpful in editing program source code.
Vim is cross-platform. It is the most popular editor amongst Linux Journal readers.
Released under a software license compatible with the GNU General Public License, Vim is free and open source software. The program's license includes some charityware clauses, encouraging users who enjoy the software to consider donating to children in Uganda.
Like vi, Vim's interface is based not on menus or icons but on commands given in a text user interface; its GUI mode, gVim, adds menus and toolbars for commonly used commands but the full functionality is still expressed through its command line mode.
Vim has a built-in tutorial for beginners. There is also the Vim Users' Manual that details the basic and more advanced Vim...
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