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Linux.com: Vim’s Newest Features

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 31, 2005

“Vim, or ‘vi improved,’ is an open source text editor for
multiple platforms. This article gives an overview of vim’s latest
improvements over vi.

“You can find this descendant of Vi on your Linux system by
typing alias vi and pressing Enter. You’ll probably get alias
vi=’vim’. For a comprehensive look at the differences between vi
and vim, you can enter :help differences at the vim command
line…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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