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There are 36 general-purpose registers associated with letters and numbers () and a range of special ones that either contain special values (current filename, last command, etc.) or serve a special purpose. When cutting, deleting, copying, or pasting text the user can choose to store the manipulated text in a register. Vim features various special memory entries called registers (not to be confused with hardware or processor registers). Vim also has a built-in help facility (using the :help command) which allows users to query and navigate through commands and features.

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The Vim Users' Manual details Vim's features and can be read from within Vim, or found online. Vim has a built-in tutorial for beginners called vimtutor, which is usually installed along with Vim, but is a separate executable and can be run with a shell command. Vi (and by extension Vim) tends to allow a typist to keep their fingers on the home row, which can be an advantage for a touch typist.

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Like vi, Vim's interface is not based 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.

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The Vim license is compatible with the GNU General Public License through a special clause allowing distribution of modified copies under the GNU GPL version 2.0 or later.

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Vim is released under the Vim license, which includes some charityware clauses that encourage users who enjoy the software to consider donating to children in Uganda. Terminal window support and terminal gdb plugin. Lua support, Python3 support, Blowfish encryption, persistent undo/redoĪsynchronous I/O support, jobs, lambdas, etc.

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Spell checking, code completion, tab pages (multiple viewports/window layouts), current line and column highlighting, undo branches, and moreīug fixes, new syntax and runtime files, etc.įloating point support in scripts, refactored screen drawing code, bug fixes, new syntax files, etc.

GTK2 and libgnome2 support, Arabic language support, :try command, minor features, bug fixesīug fixes, translation updates, mark improvementsīug fixes, updates to Perl, Python, and Ruby support Long line support, file browser, dialogs, popup menu, select mode, session files, user defined functions and commands, Tcl interface, etc.īasic file encryption, various improvements Syntax highlighting, basic scripting (user defined functions, commands, etc.) This is the first release using the name Vi IMproved. īram Moolenaar creates Vi IMitation for the Amiga, based on Stevie, never publicly releasedįirst public release for the Amiga on Fred Fish disk #591 Tony Andrews improves Stevie, and ports it to Unix and OS/2, releasing version 3.10 on Usenet. Tim Thompson releases Stevie (ST editor for VI enthusiasts), a limited vi clone for the Atari ST, posting the source on Usenet. Īt the time of its first release, the name 'Vim' was an acronym for 'Vi IMitation', but this changed to ''Vi IMproved' late in 1993. Basing Vim on the source code for Stevie meant the program could be distributed without requiring the AT&T source license.īasing his work on Stevie, Bram Moolenaar began working on Vim for the Amiga computer in 1988, with the first public release (Vim v1.14) in 1991. The source code for Vi used the Ed text editor developed under AT&T, and therefore Vi could only be used by those with an AT&T source license. It was one of the first popularized clones of Vi, and did not use Vi's source code. Vim's forerunner, Stevie (ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts), was created by Tim Thompson for the Atari ST in 1987 and further developed by Tony Andrews and G.R. In 2018, it was voted the most popular editor amongst Linux Journal readers in 2015 the Stack Overflow developer survey found it to be the third most popular text editor, and in 2019 the fifth most popular development environment. Since its release for the Amiga, cross-platform development has made it available on many other systems. Vim is designed for use both from a command-line interface and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface.

Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar, derived Vim from a port of the Stevie editor for Amiga and released a version to the public in 1991. It is an improved clone of Bill Joy's vi. Vim ( / v ɪ m/ vi improved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program. Unix, Linux, Windows NT, MS-DOS, macOS, iOS, Android, Haiku, AmigaOS, MorphOS