| *quotes.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2010 Nov 03 |
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| VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar |
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| *quotes* |
| Here are some nice quotes about Vim that I collected from news and mail. |
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| vim (vim) noun - Ebullient vitality and energy. [Latin, accusative of vis, |
| strength] (Dictionary) |
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| Vim is so much better than vi that a great many of my old vi :map's became |
| immediately obsolete! (Tony Nugent, Australia) |
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| Coming with a very GUI mindset from Windows, I always thought of people using |
| Vi as some kind of outer space alien in human clothes. Once I tried I really |
| got addicted by its power and now I found myself typing Vim keypresses in the |
| oddest places! That's why I would like to see Vim embedded in every |
| application which deals with text editing. (José Fonseca) |
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| I was a 12-year emacs user who switched to Vim about a year ago after finally |
| giving up on the multiple incompatible versions, flaky contributed packages, |
| disorganized keystrokes, etc. And it was one of the best moves I ever made. |
| (Joel Burton) |
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| Although all of the programs were used during the preparation of the new and |
| revised material, most of the editing was done with Vim versions 4.5 and 5.0 |
| under GNU-Linux (Redhat 4.2). (Arnold Robbins, Israel, author of "Learning |
| the Vi editor") |
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| Out of all the open software i've ever seen and used, and i've seen a lot, Vim |
| is the best, most useful and highest quality to work with, second only to the |
| linux kernel itself. (Peter Jay Salzman) |
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| It's well worth noting that the _entirety_ of SourceForge was written using |
| Vim and its nifty PHP syntax highlighting. I think the entire SF.net tech |
| staff uses Vim and we're all excited to have you aboard! (Tim Perdue) |
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| Vim is one of a select bunch of tools for which I have no substitute. It is |
| a brilliant piece of work! (Biju Chacko) |
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| A previous girlfriend of mine switched to emacs. Needless to say, the |
| relationship went nowhere. (Geoffrey Mann) |
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| I rarely think about Vim, in the same way that I guess a fish rarely thinks |
| about water. It's the environment in which everything else happens. I'm a |
| fairly busy system administrator working on a lot of different platforms. Vim |
| is the only thing that's consistent across all my systems, and it's just about |
| the only thing that doesn't break from time to time. When a new system comes |
| in the door without Vim, I install it right away. Great to have a tool that's |
| the same everywhere, that's completely reliable, so I can ignore it and think |
| about other things. (Pete Schaeffer) |
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| Having recently succeeded in running Vim via telnet through a Nokia |
| Communicator, I can now report that it works nicely on a Palm Pilot too. |
| (Allan Kelly, Scotland) |
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| You've done a tremendous job with 'VIM', Bram! The more I use it, the more |
| impressed I get (I am an old 'vi' die hard who once started out with early |
| versions of 'emacs' in the late 1970's and was relieved by finding 'vi' in the |
| first UNIX I came across in 1983). In my opinion, it's about time 'VIM' |
| replace 'emacs' as the standard for top editors. (Bo Thide', Sweden) |
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| I love and use VIM heavily too. (Larry Wall) |
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| Vi is like a Ferrari, if you're a beginner, it handles like a bitch, but once |
| you get the hang of it, it's small, powerful and FAST! (Unknown) |
| VIM is like a new model Ferrari, and sounds like one too - "VIIIIIIMMM!" |
| (Stephen Riehm, Germany) |
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| Schon bei Nutzung eines Bruchteils der VIM-Funktionen wird der Benutzer recht |
| schnell die Vorzuege dieses Editors kennen- und schaetzenlernen. |
| Translated: Even when only using a fraction of VIM-functions, the user will |
| quickly get used to and appreciate the advantages of this editor. (Garry |
| Glendown, conclusion of an article on VIM in iX magazine 9/1998) |
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| I've recently acquired the O'Reilly book on VI (it also discusses VIM |
| in-depth), and I'm amazed at just how powerful this application is. (Jeffrey |
| Rankin) |
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| This guide was written using the Windows 9.x distribution of GVIM, which is |
| quite possibly the greatest thing to come along since God created the naked |
| girl. (Michael DiBernardo) |
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| Boy, I thought I knew almost everything about VIM, but every time I browse the |
| online documentation, I hit upon a minor but cool aspect of a VIM feature that |
| I didn't know before! I must say the documentation is one the finest I've |
| ever seen in a product -- even better than most commercial products. |
| (Gautam Mudunuri) |
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| VIM 4.5 is really a fantastic editor. It has sooooo many features and more |
| importantly, the defaults are so well thought out that you really don't have |
| to change anything!! Words cannot express my amazement and gratitude to the |
| creators of VIM. Keep it up. (Vikas, USA) |
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| I wonder how long it will be before people will refer to other Vi editors as |
| VIM clones? (Darren Hiebert) |
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| I read about [auto-positioning-in-file-based-on-the-errors-from-make] in one |
| of those "Perfect Programmer's Editor" threads and was delighted to discover |
| that VIM already supports it. (Brendan Macmillan, Australia) |
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| I just discovered VIM (5.0) and I'm telling everyone I know about it! |
| I tell them VIM stands for VI for the new (M)illenium. Thanks so much! |
| (Matt F. Valentine) |
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| I think from now on "vi" should be called "Vim Imitation", not the other way |
| around. (Rungun Ramanathan) |
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| The Law of VIM: |
| For each member b of the possible behaviour space B of program P, there exists |
| a finite time t before which at least one user u in the total user space U of |
| program P will request b becomes a member of the allowed behaviour space B' |
| (B' <= B). |
| In other words: Sooner or later everyone wants everything as an option. |
| (Negri) |
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| Whenever I move to a new computing platform, the first thing I do is to port |
| VIM. Lately, I am simply stunned by its ease of compilation using the |
| configure facility. (A.M. Sabuncu, Turkey) |
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| The options are really excellent and very powerful. (Anish Maharaj) |
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| The Spring user-interface designs are in, and word from the boutiques is that |
| 80x24 text-only mode is back with a *vengeance! Vi editor clone VIM burst onto |
| March desk-tops with a dazzling show of pastel syntax highlights for its 5.0 |
| look. Strident and customizable, VIM raises eyebrows with its interpretation |
| of the classic Vi single-key macro collection. |
| http://www.ntk.net/index.cgi?back=archive98/now0327.txt&line=179#l |
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| I just wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that VIM 5 ROCKS! |
| Syntax highlighting: how did I survive without it?! Thank you for creating |
| mankind's best editor! (Mun Johl, USA) |
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| Thanks again for VIM. I use it every day on Linux. (Eric Foster-Johnson, |
| author of the book "UNIX Programming Tools") |
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| The BEST EDITOR EVER (Stuart Woolford) |
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| I have used most of VIM's fancy features at least once, many frequently, and I |
| can honestly say that I couldn't live with anything less anymore. My |
| productivity has easily doubled compared to what it was when I used vi. |
| (Sitaram Chamarty) |
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| I luv VIM. It is incredible. I'm naming my first-born Vimberly. (Jose |
| Unpingco, USA) |
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| Hint: "VIM" is "vi improved" - much better! (Sven Guckes, Germany) |
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| I use VIM every day. I spend more time in VIM than in any other program... |
| It's the best vi clone there is. I think it's great. (Craig Sanders, |
| Australia) |
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| I strongly advise using VIM--its infinite undo/redo saved me much grief. |
| (Terry Brown) |
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| Thanks very much for writing what in my opinion is the finest text editor on |
| the planet. If I were to get another cat, I would name it "Vim". |
| (Bob Sheehan, USA) |
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| I typed :set all and the screen FILLED up with options. A whole screen of |
| things to be set and unset. I saw some of my old friends like wrapmargin, |
| modelines and showmode, but the screen was FILLED with new friends! I love |
| them all! I love VIM! I'm so happy that I've found this editor! I feel |
| like how I once felt when I started using vi after a couple of years of using |
| ed. I never thought I'd forsake my beloved ed, but vi ... oh god, vi was |
| great. And now, VIM. (Peter Jay Salzman, USA) |
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| I am really happy with such a wonderful software package. Much better than |
| almost any expensive, off the shelf program. (Jeff Walker) |
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| Whenever I reread the VIM documentation I'm overcome with excitement at the |
| power of the editor. (William Edward Webber, Australia) |
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| Hurrah for VIM!! It is "at your fingertips" like vi, and has the extensions |
| that vi sorely needs: highlighting for executing commands on blocks, an easily |
| navigable and digestible help screen, and more. (Paul Pax) |
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| The reason WHY I don't have this amazingly useful macro anymore, is that I |
| now use VIM - and this is built in!! (Stephen Riehm, Germany) |
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| I am a user of VIM and I love it. I use it to do all my programming, C, |
| C++, HTML what ever. (Tim Allwine) |
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| I discovered VIM after years of struggling with the original vi, and I just |
| can't live without it anymore. (Emmanuel Mogenet, USA) |
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| Emacs has not a bit of chance to survive so long as VIM is around. Besides, |
| it also has the most detailed software documentation I have ever seen---much |
| better than most commercial software! (Leiming Qian) |
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| This version of VIM will just blow people apart when they discover just how |
| fantastic it is! (Tony Nugent, Australia) |
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| I took your advice & finally got VIM & I'm really impressed. Instant convert. |
| (Patrick Killelea, USA) |
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| VIM is by far my favorite piece of shareware and I have been particularly |
| pleased with version 3.0. This is really a solid piece of work. (Robert |
| Colon, USA) |
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| VIM is a joy to use, it is so well thought and practical that I wonder why |
| anybody would use visual development tools. VIM is powerful and elegant, it |
| looks deceptively simple but is almost as complex as a 747 (especially when I |
| look at my growing .vimrc), keep up that wonderful job, VIM is a centerpiece |
| of the free software world. (Louis-David Mitterand, USA) |
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| I cannot believe how great it is to use VIM. I think the guys at work are |
| getting tired of hearing me bragging about it. Others eyes are lighting up. |
| (Rick Croote) |
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| Emacs takes way too much time to start up and run, it is too big and bulky for |
| effective use and the interface is more confusing than it is of any help. VIM |
| however is short, it is fast, it is powerful, it has a good interface and it |
| is all purpose. (Paal Ditlefsen Ekran) |
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| From the first time I got VIM3.0, I was very enthusiastic. It has almost no |
| problems. The swapfile handling and the backup possibilities are robust, also |
| the protection against editing one file twice. It is very compatible to the |
| real VI (and that is a MUST, because my brain is trained over years in using |
| it). (Gert van Antwerpen, Holland) |
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| Visual mode in VIM is a very powerful thing! (Tony Nugent, Australia) |
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| I have to say that VIM is =THE= single greatest piece of source code to ever |
| come across the net (Jim Battle, USA). |
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| In fact, if you do want to get a new vi I'd suggest VIM-3.0. This is, by |
| far, the best version of vi I've ever seen (Albert W. Schueller). |
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| I should mention that VIM is a very good editor and can compete with anything |
| (Ilya Beloozerov). |
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| To tell the truth sometimes I used elvis, vile, xvi, calvin, etc. And this is |
| the reason that I can state that VIM is the best! (Ferenc Deak, Hungary) |
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| VIM is by far the best editor that I have used in a long time, and I have |
| looked at just about every thing that is available for every platform that I |
| use. VIM is the best on all of them. (Guy L. Oliver) |
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| VIM is the greatest editor since the stone chisel. (Jose Unpingco, USA) |
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| I would like to say that with VIM I am finally making the 'emacs to vi' |
| transition - as an Editor it is so much better in many ways: keyboard layout, |
| memory usage, text alteration to name 3. (Mark Adam) |
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| In fact, now if I want to know what a particular setting does in vi, I fire up |
| VIM and check out its help! (Nikhil Patel, USA) |
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| As a vi user, VIM has made working with text a far more pleasant task than |
| before I encountered this program. (Steinar Knutsen, Norway) |
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| I use VIM since version 3.0. Since that time, it is the ONLY editor I use, |
| with Solaris, Linux and OS/2 Warp. I suggest all my friends to use VIM, they |
| try, and they continue using it. VIM is really the best software I have ever |
| downloaded from the Internet, and the best editor I know of. (Marco |
| Eccettuato, Italy) |
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