sponsor Vim development Vim logo go to HTTPS page Vim Book Ad

Vim - the ubiquitous text editor

Vim is a highly configurable text editor for efficiently creating and changing any kind of text. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X.

Vim is rock stable and is continuously being developed to become even better. Among its features are:
  • persistent, multi-level undo tree
  • extensive plugin system
  • support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats
  • powerful search and replace
  • integrates with many tools

  News  Vim 8.0.1789 is the current version 

Migration done

[2018-04-30] If you can see this news entry, then the migration of http://www.vim.org to the new osdn datacenter has been performed. successfully. It might take some time until vim.org resolves to the new host, you can use vim8.org if you experience issues. (Christian Brabandt)

Maintenance on April 30th 2018

[2018-04-28] There will be some maintenance work on April 30th for moving to a different hosting provider. See the announcement. This means, that scripts cannot be uploaded and there might appear some error messages. (Christian Brabandt)

Vim talk at SFI conference in Krakow, Friday April 6

[2018-04-05] The SFI conference is taking place in Krakow from April 5 to 7. There are talks on various topics of computer software. My talk "Vim: recent developments" is on Friday at 12:30. You can find the agenda here. (Bram Moolenaar)

 

Recent patches

Patch 8.0.1789
Problem: BufWinEnter does not work well for a terminal window.
Solution: Do not trigger BufWinEnter when opening a terminal window.
Patch 8.0.1788
Problem: Tool to check a color scheme is not installed.
Solution: Update the install rule. (Christian Brabandt)
Patch 8.0.1787
Problem: Cannot insert the whole cursor line.
Solution: Make CTRL-R CTRL-L work. (Andy Massimino, closes #2857)
Patch 8.0.1786
Problem: No test for 'termwinkey'.
Solution: Add a test. Make feedkeys() handle terminal_loop() returning before characters are consumed.
more news... Get a Vim T-shirt from FreeWear Get a Vim sticker or button Vim items from Japan
Vim power tool

Vim: The power tool for everyone!

See pictures of Bram's latest visit to Uganda on Google Photos.

Read the visit report on the ICCF website.

  Recent Script Updates  5,537 scripts, 12,422,712 downloads 
[2018-05-03]  auto_update_cscope_ctags_database : 1:auto update cscope ctags database2:easy create database 3: auto plugn database
(v4.0.1) commit 2923a91f76d85244476b8e22564c0b0ce1cca0ee Author: haolong.zhang <[email protected]> Date:   Wed May 2 10:19:46 2018 +0800     support MAC OS support     v4.0.1 release commit 18b7049fd5c2b15cca3c75b54eac6fddd644f0ef Author: haolong.zhang <[email protected]> Date:   Fri Apr 20 14:49:03 2018 +0800     Add support .cmake file commit b357fe856099ed4a8559505... - Hidin zhang
[2018-05-02]  Syntax match : Saving syntax match rules to be loaded next time
(0.2) * adding foreground colors highlights (e.g. commands YF <pattern>/Yellowfg, GF <pattern>/Greenfg, ...) * adding function to call highlighting on all opened buffers (commands like :YA <pattern> (yellow highlight on all buffers), similarly then GA, BA, ...) * adding user command SCB which aliases call of windo scroll bind as scroll binding on all opened windows * adding command ClearAllSyntax whi... - Ondrej Chaloupka
[2018-05-02]  vim-hardaway : Vim colorscheme with Airline integration.
(0.0.2) Remove color set to none causing error output on load - Evan Turner
[2018-05-01]  nimble-anyjump.vim : Initial upload.
(1.1.0) Improvement of filename jump and correspondence to '--extra=+f' option of ctags. - Toru Iwashita
[2018-05-01]  traces.vim : Range, pattern and substitute preview for Vim
(v1.0.0) Initial upload - Marko Nimac
more recent | most downloaded | top rated
  Vim Tips
The tips are located on the Vim Tips wiki. This is a platform to exchange tips and tricks from and for Vim users.


If you have questions or remarks about this site, visit the vimonline development pages. Please use this site responsibly.
Questions about Vim should go to the maillist. Help Bram help Uganda.
   
SourceForge.net Logo