<s>
Vim	B-Application
(	O
;	O
a	O
contraction	O
of	O
Vi	B-Application
IMproved	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
,	O
screen-based	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
improved	O
clone	O
of	O
Bill	O
Joy	O
's	O
vi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
's	O
author	O
,	O
Bram	O
Moolenaar	O
,	O
derived	O
Vim	B-Application
from	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Stevie	B-Language
editor	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
both	O
from	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
application	O
in	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
development	O
has	O
made	O
it	O
available	O
on	O
many	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
voted	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
editor	O
amongst	O
Linux	B-Application
Journal	O
readers	O
;	O
in	O
2015	O
the	O
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
developer	O
survey	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
third	O
most	O
popular	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
2019	O
the	O
fifth	O
most	O
popular	O
development	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
's	O
forerunner	O
,	O
Stevie	B-Language
(	O
ST	O
Editor	O
for	O
VI	B-Application
Enthusiasts	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Tim	O
Thompson	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
1987	O
and	O
further	O
developed	O
by	O
Tony	O
Andrews	O
and	O
G.R.	O
</s>
<s>
Basing	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Stevie	B-Language
,	O
Bram	O
Moolenaar	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
Vim	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
in	O
1988	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
(	O
Vim	B-Application
v1.14	O
)	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Vim	B-Application
"	O
was	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
"	O
Vi	B-Application
IMitation	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
 '	O
Vi	B-Application
IMproved	I-Application
"	O
late	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Date	O
Version	O
Changes	O
and	O
additions	O
June	O
,	O
1987	O
N/A	O
Tim	O
Thompson	O
releases	O
Stevie	B-Language
(	O
ST	O
editor	O
for	O
VI	B-Application
enthusiasts	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
limited	O
vi	B-Application
clone	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
posting	O
the	O
source	O
on	O
Usenet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
,	O
1988	O
N/A	O
Tony	O
Andrews	O
improves	O
Stevie	B-Language
,	O
and	O
ports	O
it	O
to	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
releasing	O
version	O
3.10	O
on	O
Usenet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1988	O
1.0	O
Bram	O
Moolenaar	O
creates	O
Vi	B-Application
IMitation	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
based	O
on	O
Stevie	B-Language
,	O
never	O
publicly	O
released	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
1991	O
1.14	O
First	O
public	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
on	O
Fred	O
Fish	O
disk	O
#591	O
1992	O
1.22	O
Port	O
to	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
never	O
publicly	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
now	O
competes	O
with	O
vi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
14	O
,	O
1993	O
2.0	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
using	O
the	O
name	O
Vi	B-Application
IMproved	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
12	O
,	O
1994	O
3.0	O
Support	O
for	O
multiple	O
windows	B-Application
May	O
29	O
,	O
1996	O
4.0	O
Graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
February	O
19	O
,	O
1998	O
5.0	O
Syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
basic	O
scripting	B-Language
(	O
user	O
defined	O
functions	O
,	O
commands	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
6	O
,	O
1998	O
5.1	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
various	O
improvements	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
1998	O
5.2	O
Long	O
line	O
support	O
,	O
file	O
browser	O
,	O
dialogs	O
,	O
popup	O
menu	O
,	O
select	O
mode	O
,	O
session	O
files	O
,	O
user	O
defined	O
functions	O
and	O
commands	O
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
interface	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
31	O
,	O
1998	O
5.3	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
25	O
,	O
1999	O
5.4	O
Basic	O
file	O
encryption	O
,	O
various	O
improvements	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
1999	O
5.5	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
various	O
improvements	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2000	O
5.6	O
New	O
syntax	O
files	O
,	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
24	O
,	O
2000	O
5.7	O
New	O
syntax	O
files	O
,	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
31	O
,	O
2001	O
5.8	O
New	O
syntax	O
files	O
,	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
26	O
,	O
2001	O
6.0	O
Folding	B-Application
,	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
multi-language	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
24	O
,	O
2002	O
6.1	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2003	O
6.2	O
GTK2	O
and	O
libgnome2	O
support	O
,	O
Arabic	O
language	O
support	O
,	O
:try	O
command	O
,	O
minor	O
features	O
,	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
2004	O
6.3	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
translation	O
updates	O
,	O
mark	O
improvements	O
October	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
6.4	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
updates	O
to	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
support	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2006	O
7.0	O
Spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
,	O
code	O
completion	O
,	O
tab	O
pages	O
(	O
multiple	O
viewports/window	O
layouts	O
)	O
,	O
current	O
line	O
and	O
column	O
highlighting	O
,	O
undo	B-Application
branches	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2007	O
7.1	O
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
new	O
syntax	O
and	O
runtime	O
files	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
7.2	O
Floating	O
point	O
support	O
in	O
scripts	O
,	O
refactored	O
screen	O
drawing	O
code	O
,	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
,	O
new	O
syntax	O
files	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
15	O
,	O
2010	O
7.3	O
Lua	B-Language
support	O
,	O
Python3	B-Language
support	O
,	O
Blowfish	B-Algorithm
encryption	O
,	O
persistent	O
undo/redo	B-Application
August	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
7.4Google	O
Discussiegroepen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
,	O
faster	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
12	O
,	O
2016	O
8.0	O
Asynchronous	B-Architecture
I/O	I-Architecture
support	O
,	O
jobs	O
,	O
lambdas	B-General_Concept
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
8.1	O
Terminal	B-Application
window	I-Application
support	O
and	O
terminal	O
gdb	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
13	O
,	O
2019	O
8.2	O
Popup	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
text	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Vim	B-Application
license	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
some	O
charityware	B-License
clauses	O
that	O
encourage	O
users	O
who	O
enjoy	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
consider	O
donating	O
to	O
children	O
in	O
Uganda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vim	B-Application
license	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
through	O
a	O
special	O
clause	O
allowing	O
distribution	O
of	O
modified	O
copies	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
version	I-License
2.0	I-License
or	I-License
later	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
vi	B-Application
,	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
interface	O
is	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
menus	O
or	O
icons	O
but	O
on	O
commands	O
given	O
in	O
a	O
text	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
;	O
its	O
GUI	B-Application
mode	O
,	O
gVim	O
,	O
adds	O
menus	O
and	O
toolbars	O
for	O
commonly	O
used	O
commands	O
but	O
the	O
full	O
functionality	O
is	O
still	O
expressed	O
through	O
its	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vi	B-Application
(	O
and	O
by	O
extension	O
Vim	B-Application
)	O
tends	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
typist	O
to	O
keep	O
their	O
fingers	O
on	O
the	O
home	O
row	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
an	O
advantage	O
for	O
a	O
touch	B-Device
typist	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
has	O
a	O
built-in	O
tutorial	O
for	O
beginners	O
called	O
vimtutor	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
usually	O
installed	O
along	O
with	O
Vim	B-Application
,	O
but	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
executable	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
with	O
a	O
shell	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vim	B-Application
Users	O
 '	O
Manual	O
details	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
features	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
from	O
within	O
Vim	B-Application
,	O
or	O
found	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
built-in	O
help	O
facility	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
:help	O
command	O
)	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
query	O
and	O
navigate	O
through	O
commands	O
and	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
features	O
various	O
special	O
memory	O
entries	O
called	O
registers	O
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
hardware	O
or	O
processor	B-General_Concept
registers	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
vi	B-Application
,	O
vim	B-Application
supports	O
multiple	O
editing	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Vim	B-Application
there	O
are	O
12	O
editing	O
modes	O
,	O
6	O
basic	O
modes	O
and	O
6	O
variants	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Command-line	B-Application
or	O
Cmdline	O
mode	O
–	O
provides	O
a	O
single	O
line	O
input	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
Vim	B-Application
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
command	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
returns	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ex	B-Device
mode	I-Device
mode	O
–	O
accepts	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
is	O
highly	O
customizable	O
and	O
extensible	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
an	O
attractive	O
tool	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
demand	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
control	O
and	O
flexibility	O
over	O
their	O
text	B-Application
editing	I-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
also	O
features	O
an	O
"	O
easy	O
"	O
mode	O
for	O
users	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
simpler	O
text	B-Application
editing	I-Application
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
plugins	B-Application
available	O
that	O
extend	O
or	O
add	O
new	O
functionality	O
to	O
Vim	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
plugins	B-Application
are	O
usually	O
written	O
in	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
internal	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
vimscript	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
VimL	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
other	O
languages	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
projects	O
bundling	O
together	O
complex	O
scripts	O
and	O
customizations	O
and	O
aimed	O
at	O
turning	O
Vim	B-Application
into	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
task	O
or	O
adding	O
a	O
major	O
flavour	O
to	O
its	O
behaviour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
Cream	B-Application
,	O
which	O
makes	O
Vim	B-Application
behave	O
like	O
a	O
click-and-type	O
editor	O
,	O
or	O
VimOutliner	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
comfortable	O
outliner	B-Application
for	O
users	O
of	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
has	O
a	O
vi	B-Application
compatibility	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
that	O
mode	O
is	O
not	O
used	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
has	O
many	O
enhancements	O
over	O
vi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
compatibility	O
mode	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
is	O
not	O
entirely	O
compatible	O
with	O
vi	B-Application
as	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
Single	O
Unix	B-Application
Specification	O
and	O
POSIX	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
vi	B-Application
's	O
open	O
mode	O
,	O
only	O
visual	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
state	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
very	O
much	O
compatible	O
with	O
Vi	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
enhancements	O
include	O
completion	O
functions	O
,	O
comparison	B-Application
and	O
merging	B-General_Concept
of	O
files	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
vimdiff	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
integrated	O
help	O
system	O
,	O
extended	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
both	O
native	O
and	O
through	O
alternative	O
scripting	B-Language
interpreters	O
such	O
as	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
including	O
support	O
for	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
gvim	O
)	O
,	O
limited	O
integrated	O
development	O
environment-like	O
features	O
,	O
mouse	B-Device
interaction	O
(	O
both	O
with	O
and	O
without	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
,	O
folding	B-Application
,	O
editing	O
of	O
compressed	O
or	O
archived	O
files	O
in	O
gzip	B-Application
,	O
bzip2	B-Application
,	O
zip	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
tar	B-Application
format	O
and	O
files	O
over	O
network	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
session	O
state	O
preservation	O
,	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
,	O
split	O
(	O
horizontal	O
and	O
vertical	O
)	O
and	O
tabbed	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
Unicode	O
and	O
other	O
multi-language	O
support	O
,	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
trans-session	O
command	O
,	O
search	O
and	O
cursor	O
position	O
histories	B-Application
,	O
multiple	O
level	O
and	O
branching	O
undo/redo	B-Application
history	O
which	O
can	O
persist	O
across	O
editing	O
sessions	O
,	O
and	O
visual	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
running	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
saves	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
changes	O
in	O
a	O
swap	O
file	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
.swp	O
"	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
user	O
tries	O
to	O
open	O
a	O
file	O
and	O
a	O
swap	O
file	O
already	O
exists	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
will	O
warn	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
proceeds	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
will	O
use	O
a	O
swap	O
file	O
with	O
the	O
extension	O
"	O
.swo	O
"	O
(	O
or	O
,	O
if	O
there	O
is	O
already	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
swap	O
file	O
,	O
"	O
.swn	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
.swm	O
"	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
Vimscript	O
or	O
VimL	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
built	O
into	O
Vim	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
ex	B-Device
editor	O
language	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
vi	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
added	O
commands	O
for	O
control	O
flow	O
and	O
function	O
definitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
7	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
also	O
supports	O
more	O
advanced	O
data	O
types	O
such	O
as	O
lists	O
and	O
dictionaries	B-Application
and	O
a	O
simple	O
form	O
of	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
map( )	O
and	O
filter( )	O
allow	O
a	O
basic	O
form	O
of	O
functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
has	O
lambda	B-General_Concept
since	O
version	O
8.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
is	O
mostly	O
written	O
in	O
an	O
imperative	B-Application
programming	I-Application
style	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
macros	O
can	O
contain	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
normal-mode	O
commands	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
invoke	O
ex	B-Device
commands	O
or	O
functions	O
written	O
in	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
for	O
more	O
complex	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
all	O
extensions	O
(	O
called	O
plugins	B-Application
or	O
more	O
commonly	O
scripts	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Vim	B-Application
functionality	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
,	O
but	O
plugins	B-Application
can	O
also	O
utilize	O
other	O
languages	O
like	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
Racket	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
plugins	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
manually	O
,	O
or	O
through	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
manager	O
such	O
as	O
Vundle	O
,	O
Pathogen	O
,	O
or	O
Vim-Plug	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
files	O
are	O
stored	O
as	O
plain	O
text	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
other	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
filename	O
extension	O
is	O
usually	O
.vim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
notable	O
exception	O
to	O
that	O
is	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
config	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
,	O
.vimrc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
vi	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
Vim	B-Application
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
many	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
(	O
the	O
initial	O
target	O
platform	O
)	O
,	O
Atari	O
MiNT	B-Application
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
starting	O
from	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.1	I-Device
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
OS/390	B-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
is	O
shipped	O
with	O
Apple	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Independent	O
ports	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
are	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neovim	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Vim	B-Application
that	O
strives	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
extensibility	O
and	O
maintainability	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
include	O
built-in	O
Language	O
Server	O
Protocol	O
support	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
asynchronous	B-Architecture
I/O	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
using	O
luaJIT	B-Application
language	O
interpreter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neovim	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
configuration	O
syntax	O
as	O
Vim	B-Application
(	O
unless	O
vim9script	O
is	O
used	O
)	O
;	O
thus	O
the	O
same	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
both	O
editors	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
are	O
minor	O
differences	O
in	O
details	O
of	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
added	O
features	O
of	O
Neovim	O
are	O
not	O
used	O
,	O
Neovim	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Neovim	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
Vim	B-Application
community	O
members	O
offering	O
early	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
high-level	O
refactoring	O
effort	O
to	O
provide	O
better	O
scripting	B-Language
,	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
modern	O
GUIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
released	O
a	O
GitHub	B-Application
Copilot	I-Application
(	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
tool	O
for	O
autocompleting	O
code	O
)	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
Neovim	O
as	O
a	O
public	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>