Vim (text editor)
| Vim | |
|---|---|
Vim running in a terminal emulator | |
| Original author(s) | Bram Moolenaar |
| Initial release | 2 November 1991 |
| Stable release | 9.1[1]
/ 2 January 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Vim script |
| Operating system | Unix, Linux, Windows NT, MS-DOS, macOS, iOS, Android, Haiku, AmigaOS, MorphOS |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | Vim[2][3][4] |
| Website | www |
Vim (/vɪm/ ⓘ;[5] vi improved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program. It is an improved clone of Bill Joy's vi. Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar, derived Vim from a port of the Stevie editor for Amiga[6] and released a version to the public in 1991. Vim is designed for use both from a command-line interface and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface.[7] Since its release for the Amiga, cross-platform development has made it available on many other systems. In 2018, it was voted the most popular editor amongst Linux Journal readers;[8] in 2015 the Stack Overflow developer survey found it to be the third most popular text editor,[9] and in 2019 the fifth most popular development environment.[10]
- ^ "Vim 9.1 is available". 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "vim/LICENSE". github.com. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Vim License". spdx.org. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Vim: uganda.txt". vimhelp.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Vim documentation: intro Archived 13 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine: "Vim is pronounced as one word, like Jim, not vi-ai-em. It's written with a capital, since it's a name, again like Jim."
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- The original interview: Moolenaar, Bram (18 April 2005). "Rozhovor: Bram Moolenaar" [Interview: Bram Moolenaar]. LinuxEXPRES (Interview) (in Czech). Interviewed by Zapletal, Lukáš. question 2. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Translation: Bram Moolenaar (n.d.). "Interview with Bram Moolenaar, as published in the Czech magazine LinuxEXPRES, English version". Bram Moolenaar's website. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016.
- ^ McDonnell, Mark (2014). Pro vim. [Berkeley]: Apress. ISBN 978-1-4842-0250-0. OCLC 897466496.
- ^ "Best Editor | Linux Journal". www.linuxjournal.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015 § IV. Text Editor". Stack Overflow. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019 Results". Stack Overflow § VII. Development Environments. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2019.