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Cream for Vim 0.28 Download 
Vim is one of the most powerful, lightweight and full-featured text editors ever. It is the most famous descendant of the vi text editor written in 1976.
Vim is also free, and it works on most operating systems including Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Unix, BSD, Apple, Amiga, OS/2... even on some PDAs.
So why wouldn't everyone want use Vim if it's free and so terrific?
Vim unfortunately has a very steep learning curve. It was never primarily designed to be easy to use, favoring performance and technical flexibility instead. So if you're used to text editors like most found on Apple or Microsoft platforms, retraining yourself to use Vim will require a considerable time investment.
For example, Vim uses a default modal operation, which means that keyboard shortcuts do different things depending on the mode. Long time Vim users often insist on so many options, but most Apple or Microsoft platform users find this much flexibility overwhelming. So Cream, in this particular example, makes all functionality available from a single editing mode (technically called insertmode), accessible with familiar keyboard shortcuts and pull-down menus.
Please note that Cream requires an existing installation of gvim to work. |
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