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<h1>What Vim Can Do</h1> <p> Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. It's useful whether you're <a href='viusers.php'>already using vi</a> or <a href='others.php'>using a different editor</a>. Users of Vim 5 and 6 should consider upgrading to Vim 7. The main advantages of Vim 6 compared to Vim 5 can be found on <a href='vim5users.php'>this page</a>. </p> <h1>A General Overview</h1> <a href="http://tnerual.eriogerg.free.fr/0xBABAF000L/10_en.html"><img src='/images/0xbabaf000l.png' alt="Emaks-Vim-Notepad comic" width="800" height="254"></a> Copyright (c) 2007 Laurent Gregoire <h4>What Is Vim?</h4> <p> Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. <p> Vim is often called a "programmer's editor," and so useful for programming that many consider it an entire <abbr title='integrated development environment'>IDE</abbr>. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files. </p> <p> Despite what the above comic suggests, Vim can be configured to work in a very simple (Notepad-like) way, called evim or Easy Vim. </p> <h4>What Vim Is Not?</h4> <p> Vim isn't an editor designed to hold its users' hands. It is a tool, the use of which must be learned. </p> <p> Vim isn't a word processor. Although it can display text with various forms of highlighting and formatting, it isn't there to provide WYSIWYG editing of typeset documents. (It is great for editing TeX, though.) </p> <h4>Vim's License</h4> <p> Vim is charityware. Its license is GPL-compatible, so it's distributed freely, but we ask that if you find it useful you make a donation to help children in Uganda through the <a href='http://iccf-holland.org/'>ICCF</a>. The full license text can be found in the <a href='http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license'>documentation</a>. Much more information about charityware on <A HREF="http://Charityware.info/">Charityware.info</a>. </p>
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What Vim Can Do Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. It's useful whether you're already using vi or <a href='others.php'>using a different editor. Users of Vim 5 and 6 should consider upgrading to Vim 7. The main advantages of Vim 6 compared to Vim 5 can be found on this page. A General Overview Copyright (c) 2007 Laurent Gregoire What Is Vim? Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. 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 <abbr title='integrated development environment'>IDE. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files. Despite what the above comic suggests, Vim can be configured to work in a very simple (Notepad-like) way, called evim or Easy Vim. What Vim Is Not? Vim isn't an editor designed to hold its users' hands. It is a tool, the use of which must be learned. Vim isn't a word processor. Although it can display text with various forms of highlighting and formatting, it isn't there to provide WYSIWYG editing of typeset documents. (It is great for editing TeX, though.) Vim's License Vim is charityware. Its license is GPL-compatible, so it's distributed freely, but we ask that if you find it useful you make a donation to help children in Uganda through the ICCF. The full license text can be found in the documentation. Much more information about charityware on Charityware.info.
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1,2c1,2 < <h1>What Vim Can Do</h1> < <p> --- > What Vim Can Do > 5,6c5,6 < It's useful whether you're <a href='viusers.php'>already using vi</a> or <a < href='others.php'>using a different editor</a>. Users of Vim 5 and 6 should --- > It's useful whether you're already using vi or <a > href='others.php'>using a different editor. Users of Vim 5 and 6 should 8,9c8,11 < can be found on <a href='vim5users.php'>this page</a>. < </p> --- > can be found on this page. > > > A General Overview 11d12 < <h1>A General Overview</h1> 13d13 < <a href="http://tnerual.eriogerg.free.fr/0xBABAF000L/10_en.html"><img src='/images/0xbabaf000l.png' alt="Emaks-Vim-Notepad comic" width="800" height="254"></a> 16,17c16,17 < <h4>What Is Vim?</h4> < <p> --- > What Is Vim? > 21c21 < <p> --- > 24c24 < development environment'>IDE</abbr>. It's not just for programmers, --- > development environment'>IDE. It's not just for programmers, 27,28c27,28 < </p> < <p> --- > > 31d30 < </p> 33,34c32,34 < <h4>What Vim Is Not?</h4> < <p> --- > > What Vim Is Not? > 37d36 < </p> 39c38,39 < <p> --- > > 43d42 < </p> 45,46c44,46 < <h4>Vim's License</h4> < <p> --- > > Vim's License > 50,51c50,51 < <a href='http://iccf-holland.org/'>ICCF</a>. The full license text can be < found in the <a href='http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license'>documentation</a>. --- > ICCF. The full license text can be > found in the documentation. 53,54c53,54 < <A HREF="http://Charityware.info/">Charityware.info</a>. < </p> --- > Charityware.info. >
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