Some people say that vi users are a rabid pack of fanatical lunatics. We prefer to think of ourselves as community of users who have found a piece of software that perfectly meets our needs. We like to help our fellow users whenever we can.
There are several "official" mailing lists for Vim. Please note that to post on these lists, you must be a member (except for vim-announce, you cannot post there). To subscribe, send an empty message to [list-name]-subscribe@vim.org.
address | description |
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vim-announce@vim.org | Announcements only: new releases and important patches |
vim@vim.org | Help on vim and vim usage |
vim-dev@vim.org | Discussion on current vim development |
vim-mac@vim.org | Vim use and development discussion specific to mac |
vim-multibyte@vim.org | Vim use and development discussion specific to multibyte support |
Quoting Leonid Mamtchenkov: "Until now I thought only that the Vim mailing list was very informative and fast-responding. Now I also think that it is one of the kindest I've came across. :) Thumbs up!"
Plenty of other groups and mailing lists exist, and are described more fully on their own page.
If mailing lists don't provide the quick reply and razor wit you need, you can look for Vim users on IRC at these networks:
network | common server | channel | comment |
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freenode | irc.freenode.net | #vim | very active; web page |
IRCnet | #vim |
Vim is discussed on USENET -- what isn't? You can find Vim discussion on comp.editors on your local NNTP server. Or look at the Google archive.
The location of people using (and developing) Vim can be found the Frappr! map.
Vim.org might be the official vim web page, but it's hardly the only one. There are plenty of them, listed both in our registry and on the Vim webring.
Another wiki is at wikibooks: learning the vi editor/Vim.
A wiki specifically for the Macintosh.
The tips have been moved to the Vim Tips wiki.