Vi IMproved

Description: VIM is an improved version of the editor "vi", one of the standard text editors on UNIX systems. It is free to ... more

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Newest Review: ... has other modes, such as "replace", too. vi, and vim, are very confusing to the beginner, but the learning curve ... more

... is quite shallow to begin with. vim, this improved version of vi, has a lot of extra functionality built in that ordinary vi does not have: for example, you can "fold" away parts of a document, making it easy (for example) to "fold up" functions in a C program when you're not editing them. Vim also works on Windows, and it's always installed on my machine. First of all, it edits both DOS and Windows formatted documents correctly - remembering the difference between them and forwarding the ...more

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Vi IMproved: Obscure, complex... and indispensible! (371 words)
by - written on 31/05/02
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In terms of text editors for Unix, there are two camps. There are the "vi" users, and the "emacs" users. Personally, I prefer vi, despite the fact that Emacs fits more closely the Windows way of working. It starts with a blank page, and cursor keys to move, and typing enters information into the document. By contrast, vi starts with a blank page, and in order to add information, you press "i". This puts you into "insert" mode. vim has other modes, such as "replace", too. vi, and vim, are very confusing to the beginner, but the learning curve is quite shallow to begin with. vim, this improved ... Read the complete review