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*quotes.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 May 06
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*quotes.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Apr 04
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VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Coming with a very GUI mindset from Windows, I always thought of people using
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Vi as some kind of outer space alien in human clothes. Once I tried I really
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got addicted by its power and now I found myself typing Vim keypresses in the
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oddest places! That's why I would like to see Vim embedded in every
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application which deals with text editing. (Jos<6F> Fonseca)
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application which deals with text editing. (Jos<6F> Fonseca)
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I was a 12-year emacs user who switched to Vim about a year ago after finally
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giving up on the multiple incompatible versions, flaky contributed packages,
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@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ 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
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is the best, most useful and highest quality to work with, second only to the
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linux kernel itself. (Peter Jay Salzman)
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linux kernel itself. (Peter Jay Salzman)
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It's well worth noting that the _entirety_ of SourceForge was written using
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Vim and its nifty PHP syntax highlighting. I think the entire SF.net tech
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Vim and its nifty PHP syntax highlighting. I think the entire SF.net tech
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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
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a brilliant piece of work! (Biju Chacko)
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A previous girlfriend of mine switched to emacs. Needless to say, the
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relationship went nowhere. (Geoffrey Mann)
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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
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about water. It's the environment in which everything else happens. I'm a
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@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ is the only thing that's consistent across all my systems, and it's just about
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the only thing that doesn't break from time to time. When a new system comes
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in the door without Vim, I install it right away. Great to have a tool that's
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the same everywhere, that's completely reliable, so I can ignore it and think
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about other things. (Pete Schaeffer)
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about other things. (Pete Schaeffer)
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Having recently succeeded in running Vim via telnet through a Nokia
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Communicator, I can now report that it works nicely on a Palm Pilot too.
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@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ versions of 'emacs' in the late 1970's and was relieved by finding 'vi' in the
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first UNIX I came across in 1983). In my opinion, it's about time 'VIM'
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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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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
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you get the hang of it, its small, powerful and FAST! (Unknown)
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you get the hang of it, it's small, powerful and FAST! (Unknown)
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VIM is like a new model Ferrari, and sounds like one too - "VIIIIIIMMM!"
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(Stephen Riehm, Germany)
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@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ quickly get used to and appreciate the advantages of this editor. (Garry
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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
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in-depth), and I'm amazed at just how powerful this application is. (Jeffrey
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in-depth), and I'm amazed at just how powerful this application is. (Jeffrey
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Rankin)
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This guide was written using the Windows 9.x distribution of GVIM, which is
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quite possibly the greatest thing to come along since God created the naked
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girl. (Michael DiBernardo)
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girl. (Michael DiBernardo)
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Boy, I thought I knew almost everything about VIM, but every time I browse the
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online documentation, I hit upon a minor but cool aspect of a VIM feature that
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@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ of those "Perfect Programmer's Editor" threads and was delighted to discover
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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!
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I tell them VIM stands for VI for the new (M)illenium. Thanks so much!
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I tell them VIM stands for VI for the new (M)illenium. Thanks so much!
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(Matt F. Valentine)
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I think from now on "vi" should be called "Vim Imitation", not the other way
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VIM. Lately, I am simply stunned by its ease of compilation using the
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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 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
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80x24 text-only mode is back with a *vengeance! Vi editor clone VIM burst onto
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March desk-tops with a dazzling show of pastel syntax highlights for its 5.0
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look. Strident and customizable, VIM raises eyebrows with its interpretation
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look. Strident and customizable, VIM raises eyebrows with its interpretation
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of the classic Vi single-key macro collection.
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http://www.ntk.net/index.cgi?back=archive98/now0327.txt&line=179#l
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Syntax highlighting: how did I survive without it?! Thank you for creating
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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,
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Thanks again for VIM. I use it every day on Linux. (Eric Foster-Johnson,
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author of the book "UNIX Programming Tools")
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The BEST EDITOR EVER (Stuart Woolford)
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@ -172,17 +172,17 @@ I am really happy with such a wonderful software package. Much better than
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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
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power of the editor. (William Edward Webber, Australia)
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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
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that vi sorely needs: highlighting for executing commands on blocks, an easily
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navigable and digestible help screen, and more. (Paul Pax)
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navigable and digestible help screen, and more. (Paul Pax)
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The reason WHY I don't have this amazingly useful macro any more, is that I
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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,
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C++, HTML what ever. (Tim Allwine)
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I am a user of VIM and I love it. I use it to do all my programming, C,
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C++, HTML what ever. (Tim Allwine)
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I discovered VIM after years of struggling with the original vi, and I just
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can't live without it any more. (Emmanuel Mogenet, USA)
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This version of VIM will just blow people apart when they discover just how
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fantastic it is! (Tony Nugent, Australia)
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I took your advice & finally got VIM & I'm really impressed. Instant convert.
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I took your advice & finally got VIM & I'm really impressed. Instant convert.
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(Patrick Killelea, USA)
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VIM is by far my favorite piece of shareware and I have been particularly
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pleased with version 3.0. This is really a solid piece of work. (Robert
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pleased with version 3.0. This is really a solid piece of work. (Robert
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Colon, USA)
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VIM is a joy to use, it is so well thought and practical that I wonder why
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I would like to say that with VIM I am finally making the 'emacs to vi'
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transition - as an Editor it is so much better in many ways: keyboard layout,
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memory usage, text alteration to name 3. (Mark Adam)
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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
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VIM and check out it's help! (Nikhil Patel, USA)
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@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ 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,
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with Solaris, Linux and OS/2 Warp. I suggest all my friends to use VIM, they
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try, and they continue using it. VIM is really the best software I have ever
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downloaded from the Internet, and the best editor I know of. (Marco
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downloaded from the Internet, and the best editor I know of. (Marco
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Eccettuato, Italy)
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