Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.

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vim ("vi improved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content.

vim offers several “modes” for editing with efficiency. this makes vim a nonuserfriendly application but it is also a strength. the normal mode binds alphanumeric keys to taskoriented commands. the visual mode highlights text. the commandline mode offers more tools (for search&replace, defining functions, etc.)

vim comes with complete help.

Links to official Vim sites

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Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Plugin manager Configurability Keyboard focused Modal editor Small size Terminal based Visual Mode Word completion Works on all OSs

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The Best Vim alternatives for Customizable, from Extensible by Plugins/Extensions to a Lightweight.
Alternatives in Vim for Windows, Haiku, Mac OS X, Linux, Chrome OS, Chrome. This list contains a total of 147 applications similar to Vim.

Last updated: 2020-07-03 01:30:33

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The Best 147 Vim Alternatives

GetDiz

Pe (Programmer’s Editor)

Vico

aubreys gvim

SlickEdit

Syncplify.me Notepad!

Keypress Editor

Thunderpad

Ynote Classic

gEcrit

QuickNote

Jane

Macchiato

Devpad

TEA

xPad.

CudaText

Zeus IDE

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