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A multi-platform programmer's editor that is upwards compatible with the classic UNIX editor vi. Development of the tool was originally started on the Amiga around 1990 as a improvement of STEVIE and then named Vi Imitation but the name was later changed to Vi Improved.

Vim related programmer's utilities

Exuberant ctags - Creates index files out of Vimscript source files - Open source - Current.

Versions

Mar 1997: Vim 4.6 - for emx 0.9b
Mar 1998: Vim 5.0 - new ctags
Apr 1998: Vim 5.1
Aug 1998: Vim 5.3
Jul 1999: Vim 5.4
Sep 1999: Vim 5.5
Jan 2000: Vim 5.6
Sep 2001: Vim 6.0
Mar 2002: Vim 6.1
Jun 2004: Vim 6.3
Oct 2005: Vim 6.4
Last known OS/2 version: Vim v7.0 (2006-05-17)
Last known version: Vim v7.4

Links

Authors

Tim Thompson (Original STEVIE developer)
Tony Andrews (Improvements to STEVIE, port to Amiga that was the basis for Vim, original STEVIE and Vim OS/2 ports)
Bram Moolenaar (Original Vim developer)
David Sanders (OS/2 port)

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-A multi-platform programmer's editor that is upwards compatible with the classic [[UNIX]] editor [[vi]]. Development of the tool was originally started on the [[Amiga]] around 1990 as a improvement of [[STEVIE]] and then named Vi Imitation but the name was later changed to '''Vi Improved'''.
+A multi-platform programmer's editor that is upwards compatible with the classic [[UNIX]] editor [[vi]]. Development of the tool was originally started on the Amiga around 1990 as a improvement of STEVIE and then named Vi Imitation but the name was later changed to '''Vi Improved'''.
 ====Vim related programmer's utilities====
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 * Tony Andrews (Improvements to STEVIE, port to Amiga that was the basis for Vim, original STEVIE and Vim OS/2 ports)
 * Bram Moolenaar (Original Vim developer)
-* [[David Sanders]] (OS/2 port)
+* David Sanders (OS/2 port)
 [[Category:Text editors]][[Category:Open Source Software]][[Category:Software written in C]]