Vis, Vis, Vi, Vim... Gvim
Via RayHightower.com Latin and Technology Via Pixabay.com Do You know the Latin language? And do You know declination for the word "Vis", the Latin word for "Force" or "Vigour"? No problem. This is not a Latin lesson. We must know that "Vim", today, is not intended as a Latin word. When I went to school and studied Latin, many and many years ago, I would not have imagined that I would have associated that name to some technological jewels. Vim, Vi and Gvim represent the essence of efficiency and lightness. Why Vim? Why Vim? You could say: I don't need an old-style text editor, I can use the modern graphical editors, with the visual menu and a lot of functions . Yes, obviously. But Vim has a different philosophy: to minimize keystrokes and finger movements. One keystroke is better than two. A jumping keystroke is better than a mouse movement. With only one keystroke you can instantly fly from the begin to the end of a word,