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VIM 6.0 is Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the best-text-editor-in-the-world dept.

LinuxNews.pl writes "It's more then a year after releasing the first 6.0 alpha. Lot's of improvements (i.e. you can edit files via FTP!) - check them out on vim.org" Of course everyone knows that vim is the best text editor in the world. Anyone who tells you differently is either wrong, lying, or criminally insane. (Or an emacs user, in which case they are wrong, lying and criminally insane).

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  1. Nice to see... by Klaruz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't expect great new features in a next version. Vim has grown into a complex program with so many features and options that there is nobody who uses them all. Stability and easy of use are the main goals for the future.

    I'm not a vi user, and this isn't intended to start a flame war, but it's nice to see vim sticking by it's one of it's principles - making a lightweight editor.

  2. Re:CmdrTaco, please... by RollingThunder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I do believe it's called "humor", as in VIM vs EMACS is a geek injoke....

    Of course, the holy wars start because people have no sense of humor about this stuff. :(

  3. No matter what you use daily, you still need vi by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: 5, Insightful
    because one day you might need to restore your system from a boot disk, and vi is about the only thing that can fit along with the stuff you need to boot your system with. I suppose you could use edlin for this as well, but hardly anyone uses it. Additionally, vi is the one thing you can count on being on every system.


    Therefore, no matter what you use on a regular basis, you should still learn how to use vi.

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    No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?