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What Is Vim?
VIM text editor is one of the popular text editors. It is
clone of Vi editor and written by Bram Moolenaar. It is cross
platform editor and available on most popular platforms like Windows,
Linux, MacOS and other UNIX variants. It is command-centric
editor.
Features Of Vim
1. Its memory footprint is
very low.
2. Command-centric text editor.
3. Free and open source editor.
4. Cross-platform editor.
5. Used for complex text related tasks with few
commands.
6. Highly configurable text editor.
7. Uses simple text file to store its
configurations.
8. Many plug-in available for Vim.
9. Supports, multiple windows.
10. Supports, multiple buffers.
11. Supports, multiple tabs.
12. Support recording feature (allows to record
and play Vim Commands).
Install Vim On Windows Machine
1. To install Vim, visit https://vim.org
2. Click on ‘Download’ option.
3. Click on ‘PC: MS-DOS & MS Windows’ option.
4. Download ‘.exe installer’ from this page.
5. Double-click on ‘installer.exe’ file.
6. Follow on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
Install Vim on Linux Machine
1. Connect your machine via ‘Internet’.
2. Open your ‘Terminal’. [shortcut: ctrl+alt+t]
3. Execute following command in your terminal:
$ sudo apt-get update [hit Enter]
Next, enter your ‘sudo password’ when prompted.
4. Now, execute the following command in your
terminal to install Vim editor:
$ sudo apt-get install vim [hit Enter]
Customize Vim Text Editor
Vim stores its configuration in simple text file namely _vimrc and it is located under home directory of user.
1. Navigate to home directory and create a new file namely _vimrc. Ensure that this file doesn’t have any extension.
2. Open this file in text editor, enter following text and save it −
set number
3. Now Vim will show line numbers when file is opened. We can add more commands to this file as per our requirement.
If you want to customize Vim text editor with minimal features, so you can download and use my 'vimrc' file by clicking on the link of my GitHub repository page below:
Vimrc_file: https://github.com/ankur-saxena-88/vimrc_file
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vimrc_file link: https://github.com/indiarocks88/vimrc_file
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