6 reasons why you can go crazy about Vim
Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It
can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for
editing programs. There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi level
undo, multi windows and buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing,
filename completion, on-line help, visual selection, etc.. See ":help vi_diff.txt" for a summary of the differences between Vim and Vi.
While running Vim a lot of help can be obtained from the
on-line help system, with the ":help" command. See the ON-LINE HELP
section below. Most often Vim is started to edit a single file with the
command
vim file
Vim is one of the most popular text editors among Linux users. Why?
1 – It's fast & lightweight
Vim is one of
the lightest text editor, it can be run in any Unix terminal - almost
everywhere. On your PC, server, raspberry Pi etc. Same environment for code,
browse logs, edit configuration files on all devices.
2 – It's everywhere
Vim is one of the most popular text editor for the last 40 years,
so it has been implemented everywhere. Also community around Vim is huge.
3 – It's ergonomic
Vim has been think to keep your fingers on the median row
(asdfghjkl). There is (almost) no Ctrl + … or Alt + …. One key for one action,
as few combinations as possible. Once you know them typing becomes very
comfortable.
4 – It's modal
It
has 2 modes of operation: insert / command. When you type on keyboard in
insert mode it writes. But if you escape the insert mode (by typing Esc) you
can interact with the text. You can enter back insert mode by pressing the 'i'
key.
5 – It's modern & multi-language
Vim is very powerful, it can do almost whatever task needed for
text editing – code highlighting, tabs, split, spell checking…
There
is also a lot of plugins to lint the code, validate the syntax, compile the
code and more!
6 – It's free & opensource
Vim is an opensource project. It means you can extend it, create
new features, and fully adjust to your needs.
Because it has been
built by the community, for decades a lot of people have worked to create the
best text editor ever.
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