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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 *quotes*
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8 Here are some nice quotes about Vim that I collected from news and mail.
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11 vim (vim) noun - Ebullient vitality and energy. [Latin, accusative of vis,
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12 strength] (Dictionary)
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14 Vim is so much better than vi that a great many of my old vi :map's became
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15 immediately obsolete! (Tony Nugent, Australia)
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17 Coming with a very GUI mindset from Windows, I always thought of people using
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18 Vi as some kind of outer space alien in human clothes. Once I tried I really
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19 got addicted by its power and now I found myself typing Vim keypresses in the
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20 oddest places! That's why I would like to see Vim embedded in every
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21 application which deals with text editing. (José Fonseca)
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23 I was a 12-year emacs user who switched to Vim about a year ago after finally
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24 giving up on the multiple incompatible versions, flaky contributed packages,
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25 disorganized keystrokes, etc. And it was one of the best moves I ever made.
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26 (Joel Burton)
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28 Although all of the programs were used during the preparation of the new and
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29 revised material, most of the editing was done with Vim versions 4.5 and 5.0
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30 under GNU-Linux (Redhat 4.2). (Arnold Robbins, Israel, author of "Learning
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31 the Vi editor")
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33 Out of all the open software i've ever seen and used, and i've seen a lot, Vim
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34 is the best, most useful and highest quality to work with, second only to the
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35 linux kernel itself. (Peter Jay Salzman)
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37 It's well worth noting that the _entirety_ of SourceForge was written using
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38 Vim and its nifty PHP syntax highlighting. I think the entire SF.net tech
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39 staff uses Vim and we're all excited to have you aboard! (Tim Perdue)
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41 Vim is one of a select bunch of tools for which I have no substitute. It is
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42 a brilliant piece of work! (Biju Chacko)
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44 A previous girlfriend of mine switched to emacs. Needless to say, the
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45 relationship went nowhere. (Geoffrey Mann)
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47 I rarely think about Vim, in the same way that I guess a fish rarely thinks
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48 about water. It's the environment in which everything else happens. I'm a
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49 fairly busy system administrator working on a lot of different platforms. Vim
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50 is the only thing that's consistent across all my systems, and it's just about
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51 the only thing that doesn't break from time to time. When a new system comes
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52 in the door without Vim, I install it right away. Great to have a tool that's
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53 the same everywhere, that's completely reliable, so I can ignore it and think
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54 about other things. (Pete Schaeffer)
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56 Having recently succeeded in running Vim via telnet through a Nokia
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57 Communicator, I can now report that it works nicely on a Palm Pilot too.
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58 (Allan Kelly, Scotland)
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60 You've done a tremendous job with 'VIM', Bram! The more I use it, the more
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61 impressed I get (I am an old 'vi' die hard who once started out with early
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62 versions of 'emacs' in the late 1970's and was relieved by finding 'vi' in the
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63 first UNIX I came across in 1983). In my opinion, it's about time 'VIM'
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64 replace 'emacs' as the standard for top editors. (Bo Thide', Sweden)
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69 you get the hang of it, it's small, powerful and FAST! (Unknown)
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70 VIM is like a new model Ferrari, and sounds like one too - "VIIIIIIMMM!"
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71 (Stephen Riehm, Germany)
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73 Schon bei Nutzung eines Bruchteils der VIM-Funktionen wird der Benutzer recht
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74 schnell die Vorzuege dieses Editors kennen- und schaetzenlernen.
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75 Translated: Even when only using a fraction of VIM-functions, the user will
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76 quickly get used to and appreciate the advantages of this editor. (Garry
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77 Glendown, conclusion of an article on VIM in iX magazine 9/1998)
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79 I've recently acquired the O'Reilly book on VI (it also discusses VIM
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83 This guide was written using the Windows 9.x distribution of GVIM, which is
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84 quite possibly the greatest thing to come along since God created the naked
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85 girl. (Michael DiBernardo)
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87 Boy, I thought I knew almost everything about VIM, but every time I browse the
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88 online documentation, I hit upon a minor but cool aspect of a VIM feature that
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89 I didn't know before! I must say the documentation is one the finest I've
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90 ever seen in a product -- even better than most commercial products.
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91 (Gautam Mudunuri)
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93 VIM 4.5 is really a fantastic editor. It has sooooo many features and more
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94 importantly, the defaults are so well thought out that you really don't have
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95 to change anything!! Words cannot express my amazement and gratitude to the
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96 creators of VIM. Keep it up. (Vikas, USA)
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98 I wonder how long it will be before people will refer to other Vi editors as
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99 VIM clones? (Darren Hiebert)
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101 I read about [auto-positioning-in-file-based-on-the-errors-from-make] in one
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102 of those "Perfect Programmer's Editor" threads and was delighted to discover
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103 that VIM already supports it. (Brendan Macmillan, Australia)
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105 I just discovered VIM (5.0) and I'm telling everyone I know about it!
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109 I think from now on "vi" should be called "Vim Imitation", not the other way
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110 around. (Rungun Ramanathan)
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112 The Law of VIM:
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113 For each member b of the possible behaviour space B of program P, there exists
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114 a finite time t before which at least one user u in the total user space U of
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115 program P will request b becomes a member of the allowed behaviour space B'
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116 (B' <= B).
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117 In other words: Sooner or later everyone wants everything as an option.
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118 (Negri)
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120 Whenever I move to a new computing platform, the first thing I do is to port
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121 VIM. Lately, I am simply stunned by its ease of compilation using the
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122 configure facility. (A.M. Sabuncu, Turkey)
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126 The Spring user-interface designs are in, and word from the boutiques is that
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127 80x24 text-only mode is back with a *vengeance! Vi editor clone VIM burst onto
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128 March desk-tops with a dazzling show of pastel syntax highlights for its 5.0
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129 look. Strident and customizable, VIM raises eyebrows with its interpretation
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131 http://www.ntk.net/index.cgi?back=archive98/now0327.txt&line=179#l
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133 I just wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that VIM 5 ROCKS!
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134 Syntax highlighting: how did I survive without it?! Thank you for creating
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135 mankind's best editor! (Mun Johl, USA)
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137 Thanks again for VIM. I use it every day on Linux. (Eric Foster-Johnson,
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140 The BEST EDITOR EVER (Stuart Woolford)
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142 I have used most of VIM's fancy features at least once, many frequently, and I
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143 can honestly say that I couldn't live with anything less anymore. My
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144 productivity has easily doubled compared to what it was when I used vi.
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145 (Sitaram Chamarty)
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147 I luv VIM. It is incredible. I'm naming my first-born Vimberly. (Jose
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148 Unpingco, USA)
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150 Hint: "VIM" is "vi improved" - much better! (Sven Guckes, Germany)
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152 I use VIM every day. I spend more time in VIM than in any other program...
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153 It's the best vi clone there is. I think it's great. (Craig Sanders,
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156 I strongly advise using VIM--its infinite undo/redo saved me much grief.
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157 (Terry Brown)
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159 Thanks very much for writing what in my opinion is the finest text editor on
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160 the planet. If I were to get another cat, I would name it "Vim".
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161 (Bob Sheehan, USA)
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163 I typed :set all and the screen FILLED up with options. A whole screen of
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164 things to be set and unset. I saw some of my old friends like wrapmargin,
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165 modelines and showmode, but the screen was FILLED with new friends! I love
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166 them all! I love VIM! I'm so happy that I've found this editor! I feel
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167 like how I once felt when I started using vi after a couple of years of using
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168 ed. I never thought I'd forsake my beloved ed, but vi ... oh god, vi was
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169 great. And now, VIM. (Peter Jay Salzman, USA)
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171 I am really happy with such a wonderful software package. Much better than
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172 almost any expensive, off the shelf program. (Jeff Walker)
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177 Hurrah for VIM!! It is "at your fingertips" like vi, and has the extensions
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178 that vi sorely needs: highlighting for executing commands on blocks, an easily
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181 The reason WHY I don't have this amazingly useful macro any more, is that I
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182 now use VIM - and this is built in!! (Stephen Riehm, Germany)
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185 C++, HTML what ever. (Tim Allwine)
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187 I discovered VIM after years of struggling with the original vi, and I just
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188 can't live without it any more. (Emmanuel Mogenet, USA)
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190 Emacs has not a bit of chance to survive so long as VIM is around. Besides,
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191 it also has the most detailed software documentation I have ever seen---much
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192 better than most commercial software! (Leiming Qian)
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194 This version of VIM will just blow people apart when they discover just how
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195 fantastic it is! (Tony Nugent, Australia)
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200 VIM is by far my favorite piece of shareware and I have been particularly
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201 pleased with version 3.0. This is really a solid piece of work. (Robert
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204 VIM is a joy to use, it is so well thought and practical that I wonder why
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205 anybody would use visual development tools. VIM is powerful and elegant, it
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206 looks deceptively simple but is almost as complex as a 747 (especially when I
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207 look at my growing .vimrc), keep up that wonderful job, VIM is a centerpiece
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208 of the free software world. (Louis-David Mitterand, USA)
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210 I cannot believe how great it is to use VIM. I think the guys at work are
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211 getting tired of hearing me bragging about it. Others eyes are lighting up.
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212 (Rick Croote)
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214 Emacs takes way to much time to start up and run, it is to big and bulky for
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215 effective use and the interface is more confusing than it is of any help. VIM
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216 however is short, it is fast, it is powerful, it has a good interface and it
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217 is all purpose. (Paal Ditlefsen Ekran)
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219 From the first time I got VIM3.0, I was very enthusiastic. It has almost no
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220 problems. The swapfile handling and the backup possibilities are robust, also
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221 the protection against editing one file twice. It is very compatible to the
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222 real VI (and that is a MUST, because my brain is trained over years in using
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223 it). (Gert van Antwerpen, Holland)
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225 Visual mode in VIM is a very powerful thing! (Tony Nugent, Australia)
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227 I have to say that VIM is =THE= single greatest piece of source code to ever
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228 come across the net (Jim Battle, USA).
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230 In fact, if you do want to get a new vi I'd suggest VIM-3.0. This is, by
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231 far, the best version of vi I've ever seen (Albert W. Schueller).
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233 I should mention that VIM is a very good editor and can compete with anything
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234 (Ilya Beloozerov).
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236 To tell the truth sometimes I used elvis, vile, xvi, calvin, etc. And this is
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237 the reason that I can state that VIM is the best! (Ferenc Deak, Hungary)
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239 VIM is by far the best editor that I have used in a long time, and I have
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240 looked at just about every thing that is available for every platform that I
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241 use. VIM is the best on all of them. (Guy L. Oliver)
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243 VIM is the greatest editor since the stone chisel. (Jose Unpingco, USA)
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245 I would like to say that with VIM I am finally making the 'emacs to vi'
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246 transition - as an Editor it is so much better in many ways: keyboard layout,
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249 In fact, now if I want to know what a particular setting does in vi, I fire up
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250 VIM and check out it's help! (Nikhil Patel, USA)
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252 As a vi user, VIM has made working with text a far more pleasant task than
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253 before I encountered this program. (Steinar Knutsen, Norway)
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255 I use VIM since version 3.0. Since that time, it is the ONLY editor I use,
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256 with Solaris, Linux and OS/2 Warp. I suggest all my friends to use VIM, they
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257 try, and they continue using it. VIM is really the best software I have ever
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258 downloaded from the Internet, and the best editor I know of. (Marco
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272 |____/ |_| \___/|_| |_| (_|_) (Tony Nugent, Australia)
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