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Pet peeve: Vim should be spelled "Vim," not "VIM."(1) Consistency in case would also make it easier to read in my opinion, Vim/VIM seem to be used interchangeably throughout the article.(2) Other than that, this is a good crash course. =)

1 See spelling in use at http://www.vim.org/about.php

2 "Vim has a small footprint in RAM and on the CPU. A given system can support a great many VIM users at once."

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Thats exactly what I like about Vim.. Small footprint is really great on an multi user environment or when editing or viewing large files like logfiles.

I was used to editing files over ssh with Vi, but after they improved;) I was hooked on Vim forever. Vim really is an absolute a must-have skill in your toolbox.

I don't think executable size makes a huge difference for this type of application. All static sections of a given binary is shared among all users; code, globals, and shared libraries. Even the non-static parts are copied on write.

He was quoting an excerpt from the article to illustrate the usage Vim/VIM inter-changably.

Sorry, the technical errors were more glaring to me than spelling.

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