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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2015-10-25 13:55:00 +0100
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2015-10-25 13:55:00 +0100
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`README.md` for version 7.4 of Vim: Vi IMproved.
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/vim/vim.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/vim/vim)
+[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/vim/vim/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github)](https://coveralls.io/github/vim/vim?branch=master)
-## What is VIM ##
+## What is Vim? ##
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new features
have been added: multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history,
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ UNIX. Porting to other systems should not be very difficult.
## Distribution ##
+You can often use your favorite package manager to install Vim. On Mac and
+Linux a small version of Vim is pre-installed, you still need to install Vim
+if you want more features.
+
There are separate distributions for Unix, PC, Amiga and some other systems.
This `README.md` file comes with the runtime archive. It includes the
documentation, syntax files and other files that are used at runtime. To run
@@ -29,9 +35,6 @@ Which one you need depends on the system you want to run it on and whether you
want or must compile it yourself. Check http://www.vim.org/download.php for
an overview of currently available distributions.
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/vim/vim.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/vim/vim)
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/vim/vim/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github)](https://coveralls.io/github/vim/vim?branch=master)
-
## Documentation ##