A Visual Walkthrough of New Features in Vim 7.0

An anonymous reader writes "Anybody who has used Linux or any other OS would be aware of the very powerful and feature rich text editor Vi. This interesting article takes a visual look at some of the new features in the latest version of Vim 7.0 — a Vi clone created by Bram Moolenaar. From the article: 'Just for once, I wouldn't mind siding with the beast if that is what it takes to use Vi. The modern avatar of Vi is Vim — the free editor created by Bram Moolenaar. Riding from strength to strength, this editor in its 7th version is a powerhouse as far as an editor is concerned. When ever I use Vim (or GVim for that matter), it gives me the impression of the Beauty and the Beast.'"

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Re:Please help me with vim

[Atzanteol]

Aye, Eclipse has some nifty 'autocomplete' features (though I immediately turn off the ones that insert closing " and ) while I type - there is nothing more irritating than ending up with ");"); at the end of a line every-now-and-then. I'm fully capable of typing two or three extra characters!). But I still look for a decent free vi plugin for it. Would be the best of both worlds. Navigating code with the eclipse editor is a nightmare. I get the feeling Eclipse was designed with very *very* poor typists in mind.

One of my favorite ViM commands is 'o' (or 'O') to insert a new line below my current one (or above for 'O'). Doesn't matter where I am in the line, I get a new one below me. No needing to hit 'end' and then 'enter'.