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Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word...

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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 non-user-friendly application but it is also a strength. The normal mode binds alphanumeric keys to task-oriented commands. The visual mode highlights text. The command-line mode offers more tools (for search&replace, defining functions, etc.)

Vim comes with complete help.

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Features

Word completion Visual Mode Vim Buffers Modal editor Mnemonic key bindings Dedication to home row Regex substitution Keyboard focused Terminal-based Support for Large File Batch Editing Plugins Syntax Highlighting Plugin manager Configurable Spell checking Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Lightweight

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Development OS & Utilities

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terminal-editor xfce terminal-app text-editor programming developer-tools code-editor command-line development

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