What is Vim?

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware. If you find Vim a useful addition to your life please consider helping needy children in Uganda.

What is Vim online?

Vim online is a central place for the Vim community to store useful Vim tips and tools. Vim has a scripting language that allows for plugin like extensions to enable IDE behavior, syntax highlighting, colorization as well as other advanced features. These scripts can be uploaded and maintained using Vim online.

Two decades of productivity: Vim's 20th anniversary

[2011-11-26] Ryan Paul wrote a nice article after figuring out that Vim was born 20 years ago. That is the day Vim was first send out to the world. I have actually been working on it a big longer, let's consider that a pregnancy (without the side effects :-). You can find the full article here. (Bram Moolenaar)

Vim charity update

[2011-04-28] Vim users are encouraged to support needy children in Uganda, as a "thank you" for all the work. I have recently visited the project to see what they are doing with our donations. They are doing very well! Read my visit report, with lots of pictures, you can find it here. (Bram Moolenaar)

The tips are located on the Vim Tips wiki. This is a platform to exchange tips and tricks from and for Vim users. A list of patches available for Vim can be found on the vim_dev maillist pages. These add new or improved features, at the cost of having to rebuild Vim.