Moolenaar’s open-source text editor Vim was released in 1991 but is still being used and updated to this day. Bram Moolenaar, the open-source developer who created Vim in the 90s, has died of a ...

IDEs have surrounded developers since long, but the older generation of developers used to write their code right from the terminal window. Although IDEs increase productivity and made it easier to ...

[Screenshot: Open Vim] A couple of years ago, I took an Introduction to Software Development class, in which we covered Unix and used Vim to write a few simple programs. I didn’t really get the point ...

Editing multiple files at once is made easier in the vim text editor with the use of tabs. Vincent Danen goes over the basic tab commands and shows you how to combine them with key bindings to make ...

(Editor's Note: For the second part in this series, please click here.) It takes the right tools to do the job right. When it comes to writing code, it's important to consider both the needs of the ...

The Vim text editor is a favorite of many programmers and system administrators. Although it provides an exceptional amount of power and flexibility, it can be somewhat intimidating for new users.

The venerable Vim editor lets you add plugins to enhance features and functionality. The more plugins you add, the greater the challenge you may have managing them, since the standard instructions for ...

Vim is an extremely powerful editor with a user interface based on Bill Joy's almost 30-year-old vi, but with many new features. The features that make Vim so versatile also sometimes makes it ...

The Vim text editor was first released to the public on November 2, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. Although it was originally designed as a vi clone for the Amiga, it was soon ported to other ...