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. In 2006, 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. 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. Vim is released under the Vim license that includes some charityware clauses, encouraging users who enjoy the software to consider donating to children in Uganda. 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/ a contraction of Vi IMproved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program for Unix. Unix, Linux, Windows NT, MS-DOS, macOS, iOS, Android, Haiku, AmigaOS, MorphOS

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