quotes.txt ForVim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 14VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram MoolenaarquotesHere are some nicequotes about Vim thatI collected fromnews and mail.vim (vim) noun- Ebullient vitality and energy. [Latin, accusative of vis,strength] (Dictionary)Vimis so much better thanvi thata great many of my oldvi :map's becameimmediately obsolete! (Tony Nugent, Australia)Coming witha veryGUI mindset from Windows,I always thought of people usingVias some kind of outerspace alien in human clothes. OnceI triedI reallygot addicted by its power and nowI found myself typing Vim keypresses in theoddest places! That's whyI would like to see Vim embedded in everyapplication which deals with text editing. (José Fonseca)I wasa 12-year emacs user who switched to Vim abouta year ago after finallygiving up on the multiple incompatible versions, flaky contributed packages,disorganized keystrokes, etc. Andit was one of the best movesI ever made.(Joel Burton)Although all of the programs were used during the preparation of the new andrevised material, most of the editing was done with Vim versions 4.5 and 5.0under GNU-Linux (Redhat 4.2). (Arnold Robbins, Israel,author of "LearningtheVi editor")Out of all the open software i've ever seen and used, and i've seena lot, Vimis the best, most useful and highest quality to work with, second only to thelinux kernel itself. (Peter Jay Salzman)It's well worth noting that the _entirety_ of SourceForge was written usingVim and its nifty PHPsyntax highlighting.I think the entire SF.net techstaff uses Vim and we're all excited to have you aboard! (Tim Perdue)Vimis one ofa select bunch of tools for whichI have no substitute. Itisa brilliant piece of work! (Biju Chacko)A previous girlfriend of mine switched to emacs. Needless to say, therelationship went nowhere. (Geoffrey Mann)I rarely think about Vim, in the same way thatI guessa fish rarely thinksabout water. It's the environment in which everything else happens. I'mafairly busy system administrator working ona lot of different platforms. Vimis the only thing that's consistent across all my systems, and it's just aboutthe only thing that doesn't break from time to time. Whena new system comesin the door without Vim,Iinstallit right away. Great to havea tool that'sthe same everywhere, that's completely reliable, soI can ignoreit and thinkabout other things. (Pete Schaeffer)Having recently succeeded in running Vim via telnet througha NokiaCommunicator,I can now report thatit works nicely ona Palm Pilot too.(Allan Kelly, Scotland)You've donea tremendousjob with 'VIM', Bram! The moreI use it, the moreimpressedI get (I am an old'vi' die hard who once started out with earlyversions of'emacs' in the late 1970's and was relieved by finding'vi' in thefirst UNIXI came across in 1983). In my opinion, it's about time 'VIM'replace'emacs'as the standard for top editors. (Bo Thide', Sweden)Ilove and use Vim heavily too. (Larry Wall)Viis likea Ferrari, if you'rea beginner,it handles likea bitch, but onceyou get the hang of it, it's small, powerful and FAST! (Unknown)Vimis likea new model Ferrari, and sounds like one too- "VIIIIIIMMM!"(Stephen Riehm, Germany)Schon bei Nutzung eines Bruchteils der Vim-Funktionen wird der Benutzer rechtschnell die Vorzuege dieses Editors kennen- und schaetzenlernen.Translated: Even when only usinga fraction of Vim-functions, the user willquickly get used to and appreciate the advantages of this editor. (GarryGlendown, conclusion of an article on Vim in iX magazine 9/1998)I've recently acquired the O'Reillybook onVi (it also discusses Vimin-depth), and I'm amazedat just how powerful this application is. (JeffreyRankin)This guide was written using the Windows 9.xdistribution of gvim, whichisquite possibly the greatest thing to come along since God created the nakedgirl. (Michael DiBernardo)Boy,I thoughtI knew almost everything about Vim, but every timeI browse theonline documentation,I hit upona minor but cool aspect ofa Vim feature thatI didn't know before!Imust say the documentationis one the finest I'veever seen ina product-- even better than most commercial products.(Gautam Mudunuri)Vim 4.5is reallya fantastic editor. It has sooooo many features and moreimportantly, the defaults are so well thought out that you really don't haveto change anything!! Words cannot express my amazement and gratitude to thecreators of Vim. Keepit up. (Vikas, USA)I wonder how longit will be before people will refer to otherVi editorsasVim clones? (Darren Hiebert)I read about[auto-positioning-in-file-based-on-the-errors-from-make] in oneof those "Perfect Programmer's Editor" threads and was delighted to discoverthat Vim already supports it. (Brendan Macmillan, Australia)I just discovered Vim (5.0) and I'm telling everyoneI know about it!I tell them Vim stands forVi for the new (M)illenium. Thanks so much!(Matt F. Valentine)I think from now on "vi" should be called "Vim Imitation", not the other wayaround. (Rungun Ramanathan)The Law of Vim:For each memberb of the possible behaviourspaceB of program P, there existsa finite timet before whichat least one useru in the total userspaceU ofprogramP will requestb becomesa member of the allowed behaviourspace B'(B' <= B).In other words: Sooner or later everyone wants everythingas an option.(Negri)WheneverI move toa new computing platform, the first thingIdois to portVim. Lately,I am simply stunned by its ease of compilation using theconfigure facility. (A.M. Sabuncu, Turkey)Theoptions are really excellent and very powerful. (Anish Maharaj)The Spring user-interface designs are in, andword from the boutiquesis that80x24 text-only modeis back witha *vengeance!Vi editor clone Vim burst ontoMarch desk-tops witha dazzling show of pastelsyntax highlights for its 5.0look. Strident and customizable, Vim raises eyebrows with its interpretationof the classicVi single-keymacro collection.http://www.ntk.net/index.cgi?back=archive98/now0327.txt&line=179#lI just wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that Vim 5 ROCKS!Syntax highlighting: how didI survive without it?! Thank you for creatingmankind's best editor! (Mun Johl, USA)Thanks again for Vim.I useit every day on Linux. (Eric Foster-Johnson,author of thebook "UNIX Programming Tools")The BEST EDITOR EVER (Stuart Woolford)I have used most of Vim's fancy featuresat least once, many frequently, andIcan honestly say thatI couldn't live with anythingless anymore. Myproductivity has easily doubled compared to whatit was whenI used vi.(Sitaram Chamarty)I luv Vim. Itis incredible. I'm naming my first-born Vimberly. (JoseUnpingco, USA)Hint: "Vim"is "vi improved"- much better! (Sven Guckes, Germany)I use Vim every day.I spend more time in Vim than in any other program...It's the bestvi clone there is.I think it's great. (Craig Sanders,Australia)I strongly advise using Vim--its infinite undo/redo saved me much grief.(Terry Brown)Thanks very much forwriting what in my opinionis the finest text editor onthe planet. IfI were to get another cat,I would nameit "Vim".(Bob Sheehan, USA)I typed:set all and the screen FILLED up with options.A whole screen ofthings to be set and unset.I saw some of my old friends like wrapmargin,modelines and showmode, but the screen was FILLED with new friends!Ilovethem all!Ilove Vim! I'm so happy that I've found this editor!I feellike howI once felt whenI started usingvi aftera couple of years of usinged.I never thought I'd forsake my beloved ed, butvi... oh god,vi wasgreat. And now, Vim. (Peter Jay Salzman, USA)I am really happy with sucha wonderful software package. Much better thanalmost any expensive, off the shelf program. (Jeff Walker)WheneverI reread the Vim documentation I'm overcome with excitementat thepower of the editor. (William Edward Webber, Australia)Hurrah for Vim!! Itis "at your fingertips" like vi, and has the extensionsthatvi sorely needs: highlighting for executing commands on blocks, an easilynavigable and digestiblehelp screen, and more. (Paul Pax)The reason WHYI don't have this amazingly usefulmacro anymore,is thatInow use Vim- and thisis built in!! (Stephen Riehm, Germany)I ama user of Vim andIlove it.I useit todo all my programming, C,C++, HTML what ever. (Tim Allwine)I discovered Vim after years of struggling with the original vi, andI justcan't live withoutit anymore. (Emmanuel Mogenet, USA)Emacs has nota bit of chance to survive so longas Vimis around. Besides,it also has the most detailed software documentationI have ever seen---muchbetter than most commercial software! (Leiming Qian)This version of Vim will just blow people apart when they discover just howfantasticit is! (Tony Nugent, Australia)I took your advice& finally got Vim& I'm really impressed. Instant convert.(Patrick Killelea, USA)Vimis by far my favorite piece of shareware andI have been particularlypleased with version 3.0. Thisis reallya solid piece of work. (RobertColon, USA)Vimisa joy to use,itis so well thought and practical thatI wonder whyanybody would use visualdevelopment tools. Vimis powerful and elegant,itlooks deceptively simple butis almostas complexasa 747 (especially whenIlookat my growing .vimrc), keep up that wonderful job, Vimisa centerpieceof the free software world. (Louis-David Mitterand, USA)I cannot believe how greatitis to use Vim.I think the guysat work aregetting tired of hearing me bragging about it. Others eyes are lighting up.(Rick Croote)Emacs takes way too much time to start up and run,itis too big and bulky foreffective use and theinterfaceis more confusing thanitis of any help. Vimhoweveris short,itis fast,itis powerful,it hasa goodinterface anditis all purpose. (Paal Ditlefsen Ekran)From the first timeI got Vim3.0,I was very enthusiastic. It has almost noproblems. The swapfile handling and thebackup possibilities are robust, alsothe protection against editing one file twice. Itis very compatible to thereal VI (and thatisa MUST, because my brainis trained over years in usingit). (Gert van Antwerpen, Holland)Visual mode in Vimisa very powerful thing! (Tony Nugent, Australia)I have to say that Vimis =THE= single greatest piece of source code to evercome across the net (Jim Battle, USA).In fact, if youdo want to geta newvi I'd suggest Vim-3.0. This is, byfar, the best version ofvi I've ever seen (Albert W. Schueller).I should mention that Vimisa very good editor and can compete with anything(Ilya Beloozerov).To tell the truth sometimesI used elvis, vile, xvi, calvin, etc. And thisisthe reason thatI can state that Vimis the best! (Ferenc Deak, Hungary)Vimis by far the best editor thatI have used ina long time, andI havelookedat just about every thing thatis available for every platform thatIuse. Vimis the best on all of them. (Guy L. Oliver)Vimis the greatest editor since the stone chisel. (Jose Unpingco, USA)I would like to say that with VimI am finally making the 'emacs to vi'transition-as an Editoritis so much better in many ways: keyboard layout,memory usage, text alteration to name 3. (Mark Adam)In fact, now ifI want to know whata particular setting does in vi,I fire upVim and check out its help! (Nikhil Patel, USA)Asavi user, Vim has made working with texta far more pleasant task thanbeforeI encountered this program. (Steinar Knutsen, Norway)I use Vim since version 3.0. Since that time,itis the ONLY editorI use,with Solaris, Linux andOS/2 Warp.I suggest all my friends to use Vim, theytry, and they continue using it. Vimis really the best softwareI have everdownloaded from the Internet, and the best editorI know of. (MarcoEccettuato, Italy)In summary: __ ___ _ __ ___ _____ \ \ / (_)_ __ ___ (_)___ | | | |/ _ \_ _| \ \ / /| | '_ ` _ \ | / __| | |_| | | | || | \ V / | | | | | | | | \__ \ | _ | |_| || |\_/ |_|_| |_| |_| |_|___/ |_| |_|\___/ |_| ____ _____ _ _ _____ _____ _ _ / ___|_ _| | | |___| ___| | | \___ \ | | | | | | |_ | |_ | | | ___) || | | |_| |_| | _| |_|_| |____/ |_|\___/|_| |_| (_|_) (Tony Nugent, Australia) vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: