vim

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If you find a bug or want to discuss the best way to add a new feature, please
[open an issue](https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/new/choose).
If you have a question or want to discuss the best way to do something with
Vim, you can join [`#vim`](https://web.libera.chat/#vim),
[reddit.com/r/vim](https://reddit.com/r/vim),
use [StackExchange](https://vi.stackexchange.com/),
or one of the [Maillists](https://www.vim.org/community.php).

## What is Vim?

Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor
[Vi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_%28text_editor%29).  Many new
features have been added: multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line
history, on-line help, spell checking, filename completion, block operations,
script language, etc.  There is also a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
available.  Still, Vi compatibility is maintained, those who have Vi "in the
fingers" will feel at home.
See [`runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt`](runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt) for differences with
Vi.

This editor is very useful for editing programs and other plain text files.
All commands are given with normal keyboard characters, so those who can type
with ten fingers can work very fast.  Additionally, function keys can be
mapped to commands by the user, and the mouse can be used.

Vim also aims to provide a (mostly) POSIX-compatible vi implementation, when
compiled with a minimal feature set (typically called vim.tiny), which is used
by many Linux distributions as the default vi editor.

Vim runs under MS-Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), macOS, Haiku, VMS and almost all
flavours of UNIX.  Porting to other systems should not be very difficult.
Older versions of Vim run on MS-DOS, MS-Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista,
Amiga DOS, Atari MiNT, BeOS, RISC OS and OS/2.  These are no longer maintained.

For Vim9 script see [README_VIM9](README_VIM9.md).

## Distribution

You can often use your favorite package manager to install Vim.  On Mac and
Linux a small version of Vim is pre-installed, you still need to install Vim
if you want more features.

There are separate distributions for Unix, PC, Amiga and some other systems.
This `README