Editing Away

A text editor is one of the most important tools in the kit of every programmer. It is the starting point for us when we intend to write programs or anything else. It is therefore important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of our editor as well as being able to utilise the editor to its fullest potential. One such good editor is VIM. Bram Moolenaar, the creator of VIM, discusses the Seven habits of effective text editing and uses VIM as an example of showing how to do things.