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Vim (/ v ɪ m / ⓘ; [5] vi improved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program. It is an improved clone of Bill Joy's vi.Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar, derived Vim from a port of the Stevie editor for Amiga [6] and released a version to the public in 1991.
In his 2008 review of the 7th edition for Dr. Dobb's Journal, author Mike Riley compared the coverage afforded by the book to a combination of the Vim online documentation and O'Reilly's vi Editor Pocket Reference. While noting that the book "continues to fulfill an apparent market need," he did not find the book appropriate for more advanced ...
vi (pronounced as distinct letters, / ˌ v iː ˈ aɪ / ⓘ) [1] is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset of the behavior of vi and programs based on it, and the ex editor language supported within these programs, is described by (and thus standardized by) the Single Unix Specification and POSIX.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Vim or VIM most commonly refers to: Vim (text editor)
This article provides basic comparisons for notable text editors.More feature details for text editors are available from the Category of text editor features and from the individual products' articles.
The Vim text editor supports digraphs for actual entry of text characters, following RFC 1345. The entry of digraphs is bound to Ctrl + K by default. [ 23 ] The list of all possible digraphs in Vim can be displayed by typing :dig .
Name Description License E: is the text editor in PC DOS 6, PC DOS 7 and PC DOS 2000. Proprietary: ed: The default line editor on Unix since the birth of Unix. Either ed or a compatible editor is available on all systems labeled as Unix (not by default on every one).
Bram Moolenaar (Dutch: [brɑ ˈmoːlənaːr]; 1961 – 3 August 2023) was a Dutch software engineer and activist who was the creator, maintainer, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, [1] a vi-derivative text editor.