Editing Vim (text editor) (section)

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{{short description|Improved version of the Vi keyboard-oriented text editor}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Vim
| logo = Vimlogo.svg
| screenshot = Vim-(logiciel)-console.png
| caption = Vim running in a [[terminal emulator]]
| author = [[Bram Moolenaar]]
| developer = <!--  -->
| released = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|property|P571}}}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[#Vim script|Vim script]]
| operating system = [[Unix]], [[Linux]], [[Windows NT]], [[MS-DOS]], [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]], [[AmigaOS]], [[MorphOS]]
| genre = [[Text editor]]
| license = Vim<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/LICENSE|title=vim/LICENSE|website=github.com|date=20 October 2021|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816052103/https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/LICENSE|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://spdx.org/licenses/Vim.html|title=Vim License|website=spdx.org|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729175125/https://spdx.org/licenses/Vim.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="uganda.txt">{{cite web|url=https://vimhelp.org/uganda.txt.html#license|title=Vim: uganda.txt|website=vimhelp.org|access-date=13 January 2019|archive-date=13 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232236/https://vimhelp.org/uganda.txt.html#license|url-status=live}}</ref>
| website = <!-- Imported from Wikidata -->
}}{{for|the original vi editor|Vi (text editor)|}}
'''Vim''' ({{IPAc-en|v|ɪ|m|audio=en-us-vim.oga}};<ref name="pronounc">[https://vimhelp.org/intro.txt.html Vim documentation: intro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232259/https://vimhelp.org/intro.txt.html |date=13 January 2019 }}: "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."</ref> ''vi improved'') is a [[free and open-source]], [[screen-based text editor]] program. It is an improved [[Clone (computing)|clone]] of [[Bill Joy]]'s [[vi (text editor)|vi]]. Vim's author, [[Bram Moolenaar]], derived Vim from a port of the [[Stevie (text editor)|Stevie]] editor for [[Amiga]]<ref>{{multiref
|The original interview: {{cite interview |language=cs |last=Moolenaar |first=Bram |interviewer-last=Zapletal |interviewer-first=Lukáš |date=18 April 2005 |title=Rozhovor: Bram Moolenaar |trans-title=Interview: Bram Moolenaar |magazine=LinuxEXPRES |url=http://www.linuxexpres.cz/rozhovor/rozhovor-bram-moolenaar |access-date=3 January 2024 |at=question 2 |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231228143808/https://www.linuxexpres.cz/rozhovor/rozhovor-bram-moolenaar |url-status = live}}
| Translation: {{cite web| url=https://moolenaar.net/interv_czech_en.html| author=Bram Moolenaar <!--Author from page source--> |date=n.d. |title=Interview with Bram Moolenaar, as published in the Czech magazine LinuxEXPRES, English version. |website=Bram Moolenaar's website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107114945/http://www.moolenaar.net/interv_czech_en.html |archive-date=7 January 2016}}
}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=McDonnell |first=Mark |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897466496 |title=Pro vim |date=2014 |isbn=978-1-4842-0250-0 |location=[Berkeley] |oclc=897466496}}</ref>
Since its release for the Amiga, [[cross-platform]] development has made it available on [[#Availability|many other systems]]. In 2018, it was voted the most popular editor amongst ''[[Linux Journal]]'' readers;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Editor {{!}} Linux Journal |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/best-editor-0 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.linuxjournal.com}}</ref> in 2015 the [[Stack Overflow]] developer survey found it to be the third most popular text editor,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#tech-editor |title=Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015 § IV. Text Editor |publisher=Stack Overflow |access-date=25 July 2016 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504144447/https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#tech-editor |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2019 the fifth most popular development environment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#development-environments-and-tools |title=Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019 Results |publisher=Stack Overflow § VII. Development Environments |access-date=20 July 2019 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307082721/https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#development-environments-and-tools |url-status=live }}</ref>