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A Byte of Vim
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Introduction
"A Byte of Vim" is a book which aims to help you to learn how to use the Vim editor (version 7), even if all you know is how to use the computer keyboard.

The first part of this book is meant for new users who wantto understand what Vim is and learn how to use it. The second part of this book is for people who already know how to use Vim and want to learn about features that make Vim so powerful, such as windows and tabs, personal information management, making it a programmer's editor, how to extend Vim with your own plugins, and more.

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A printed hardcopy of the book can be purchased [1] for your offline reading pleasure, and to support the continued development and improvement of this book. Alternatively, please consider making a donation [2].

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What Readers Say
"Well done!!! I've been only using vim for like 2/3 weeks now, and thus I can say that it's just perfect for beginners like me!!!" -- Jay [5] "The book is very good and fun to read too. Thank you for sharing it." -- Yosi Izaq [6] "Your books should sell like hot cakes for their way of presentation." -- Deepak [7] "Awesome! Thank you for all of your hard work. Itis especially nice that the beginning starts the reader off gradually. After using vim for a couple of years I've forgotten how weird it seems at first, so I probably wouldn't explain it that good to someone. I will be sure to share your book to spread the vim propaganda. ;-)" -- Joseph Sullivan [8]

Vim What I am trying to say is if you have basic computer competency you should immediately getVim on your machine and improve your life. The best place to learn about is to read Swaroop C H's awesome eBook A Byte of Vim, it will revolutionize how you think about text editors in the future. [9] -- "wooden nickels" "Have been thumbing through 'byte of vim'. learning a ton even having used vim for years." -- Josh Nichols [10] Great Book !! Although I use vim everyday as an editor as well asan ide, the book makes u realise how much more it can do. -- Raseel Bhagat [11] Wonderful! This was one most-required-book. I was a vim user for the past years, but never have seen these much of facilities inside that! Thanks for the Book, Swaroop! -- Hiran Venugopalan [12] What a nice book. I'm a long-time vim user, but never managed to get my head around vim scripting (apart from fixing some bugsin others' scripts). This is the best introduction to Vim scripting (writing plugins, syntax files, ...) I have seen so far. Thanks for putting it online! -- Anonymous (132.230.122.35) [13] "Thank you Swaroop! I've begun reading it and must say it's very well written. And I have no doubts this great community of us vim users here will improve it through fixes, additions or small corrections --the wiki format is a great idea." -- Eduard Fabra [14] Also: • The book was listed as the top tip for Dec 2008 on the Official Vim Tips wiki [15].

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