Vim Reviews & Product Details

It's very lightweight and fast and open source, it has many plugins support, every action can be performed without a mouse and it is available on all platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is difficult to learn it and to add plugins to it. Copying file contents to clipboard is also very complicated. Its documentation doesn't cover many features like auto completion,etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The beauty of vim is that one can edit huge file with greater ease. There are lot of commands and one can write custom macros to process a file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes not everything can be done with commands. I feel vim should also be compatible with controlling by mouse just like nedit software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can handle huge files like butter. Even if they are billions of lines.

The vim shortcut commands are so helpful that even without a toolbar and context menu Vim is still the most easiest yet powerful tool in the market.

Customization can be done according to your requirement. I.e. Changing the tab size

Syntax coloring support helps for developing applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not the same level of integration is available for other platforms like Windows

Lacks something like single quit/exit button. It takes few short commands to close the file and exit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It comes pre-installed on almost all Linux distributions. It also has cross-platform support and it runs on CLI machines, it is very extensible with help of plugins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a very steep learning code and can get intimidating at the start also the same level of features are not available out of the box on Windows. Also, there are a lot of commands to remember for basic navigation too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- How fast, ubiquitous, and flexible it is -> It is very lightweight when considering how many features and capabilities it has

- Extensible -> via VimScript and even other scripting languages

- The huge amount of plugins and passionate community

- After learning how to operate it basically, this thing is unbeatable

- It is so productive and popular among programmers that most IDEs offer Vim keybindings, and the ones that don't are constantly requested for it to be added Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Documentation sucks (mainly because it lacks a website, a PDF, an explanation of how to use the built-in one, and it misses some search or table of contents that is more obvious to use

- VimScript is exciting but unnecessary

- Bus factor of 1 -> Only one active owner of the project. Thankfully NeoVim exists. I also think the Vim community will have a successor after the author isn't actively working on it anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about Vim is that it works on all kinds of Unix-based operating systems, whether it be a PC or a server. Also, with the help of some plugins we can turn it into an excellent deveopment environment for most the of the programming languages like Python, Go, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For newcomers, it can be frightening to learn about different modes like Insert, Visual, Visual Block, etc. It would require you give some time to it for learning and then it would become your favorite editor eventually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Present on most operating systems by default

- All commands at the tip of your fingertips, no time wasted moving your hand from keyboard to mouse and back

- Very lightweight process

- Lots of plugins to customize your developer experience

- Navigating through large files is a breeze, especially ones that freeze a regular text editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Steep learning curve, can be off-putting to beginners

- Sometimes it really is faster to click instead of remember the series of commands you need to get to the line Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is open-source, lightweight has cross-platform support, and is highly customizable ,its functionality can be extended using plugins and it is the most productive tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not user-friendly for new users and it has a steep learning curve even for basic tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best features are how it makes the text editing so convenient for the MacOS users like us. With few commands we can perform a complex task and is super customisable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing so far. Help us a lot in our organisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The simplicity, and accessibility of the editor.

Some of the upsides of using Vim as a text editor would be :

* Direct access from command line in the current directory.

* Ability to customize down to the core.

* Launch time, which is very quick.

* No need to leave shell and be able to write commands alongside.

* Seamless switch between command modes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The initial learning curve which is very steep, one can't get his way around via any alternative.

Some of the other points would be :

* Very little visual representation of being in different modes( for e.g, could have the text go grey when the command mode is on)

* Lack of alternative to the commands

* Complete absense of something like intellisense.

* The lack of ability to drag and drop multiple tabs, and difficulty of managing them if the tab commands are not known Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.