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About

This page is about VIM (VIM Home Page, Github)), an enhanced version of VI by Bram Moolenaar.

VIM stands for Vi IMproved

An enhanced version of VIM called neovim is now available

Component

  • gVim has a Graphical User Interface (GUI) - The gvim command causes the editor to create a new window for editing. gvim you have extra features, like a menu bar.
  • vim: the editing occurs inside your command window. In other words, if you are running inside an xterm (or MS-DOS command prompt), the editor uses your xterm window (or MS-DOS command prompt). Vim is a descendant of vi.

If you got strange behavior, you may have Vim configured to work Vi compatible.

Installation

Docker

docker run -it --rm gerardnico/vim bash
  • Verify that VIM is available
vim --version

Linux

  • On a Linux, box vim should be already installed. Verify that VIM is available
vim --version
  • If not use your package manager to install it. Example with apt
apt-get update -y
apt-get install -y vim

Windows

There is also a Windows distribution that you can grab here:

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