Interview with Bram Moolenaar in Linux Magazine

In the workspace, there is still a place reserved for an Amiga 2000, albeit pushed aside a bit, but the system is still occasionally used to compile and test a new version of Vim on that platform. Bram also has access to a SUN but prefers to use a PC with FreeBSD 4.3 as his daily workspace and development station; an upgrade to FreeBSD 4.5 is ready. Vim has grown into a complex program, and despite that, the list of requested improvements and extensions is very long (see the file todo.txt distributed with Vim 6.0). For example, at the Linux Journal Readers’ Choice Awards of 2001, Vim ranked first, 'Vi (and clones)' second, and GNU Emacs third (Linux Journal November 2001). Vim is very popular among Linux users. Windows users will need to download and install Vim, for example from http://vim.sf.net, http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim, or http://www.vim.org. During 1994/1995, the development of Vim slowed down somewhat because Bram spent a year volunteering at the Kibaale Children’s Centre in Uganda. You can easily download source code using a version control system like CVS, then make the necessary adjustments to develop it on your platform from an FTP server.