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I've realized that Vim makes some basic tasks very efficient (cutting, deleting, pasting...) I would love to have those features in a word processor. Does anyone know one (I prefer open source).

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What are you looking for in a word processor? I use vim to write all sorts of things, including letters and fiction, and worry about formatting later. (I just print out letters as I typed them, usually.) Without knowing exactly what you want in the way of features, it's hard to recommend anything. – David Thornley Apr 1 '10 at 20:49
what is the problem with vim that you need a vim-like word processor? it's available for most platforms.. – bubu Oct 19 '11 at 4:48
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You could edit LaTeX files, with Vim. That would allow you to have more formatting possibilities, while keeping the editing power of Vi. It won't give you a WYSIWYG aspect, though.

It seems that there is an open-source project to make Vim dedicated to editing LaTeX with a plugin: Vim-LaTeX. You could look into that, if interested.

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In a similar vein you could edit roff/troff/groff files. The idea is the same just the mark-up language is different. – HerbN Apr 1 '10 at 13:29
@Gnoupi: vim-latex is a plugin, loadable in any standard vim installation. – honk Apr 1 '10 at 13:37
@honk - thanks for the information, I added it. – Gnoupi Apr 1 '10 at 14:11
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If you want to have Vim emulation in word, outlook, sql server and visual studio then you can use viemu (www.viemu.com). I have bought it and thoroughly recommend it. I love it....

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Abiword has a way to enable vi keybindings.

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I second the suggestion to use the Txtfmt plugin, which provides RTF-style highlighting for text documents in Vim. The plugin is highly configurable: color configuration, customizable mappings, complex user-map definitions, etc..., with carefully chosen defaults that are suitable for most users right out of the box.

Txtfmt (The Vim Highlighter) http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2208

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Well, word processor in Open Office (which is both free and open source) has all the functions you mentioned: cut/copy/paste/delete.

TxtFmt - (The Vim Highlighter) : "Rich text" highlighting in Vim! (colors, underline, bold, italic, etc...)

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I think he means that Vim does basic tasks like cut, copy, paste, delete in a very efficient way (with the keyboard commands). And as such, is asking for something which would be to edit like Vim, but with the possibilities of text formatting of a regular word processor like Open Office. – Gnoupi Apr 1 '10 at 13:20
But Open Office does not have anything that looks like Vim keybindings. – ashcatch Apr 1 '10 at 13:23
@Gnoupi - Yes, I know. But I don't read minds, and the way question was stated, it demanded an open office with "basic tasks". Besides, you can do all of the above with the keyboard; you don't need a mouse to copy/paste. So what's he complaining about ? ;) The thing he really wants is probably txtfmt. That's as close as you're gonna get to formatting text within vim. – ldigas Apr 1 '10 at 13:54
@Idigas - Yes, I agree it could be misleading. For the records, I didn't downvote you. Nice suggestion with this TxtFmt, that's probably the best you can do in formatting with Vim without using a markup language. +1 – Gnoupi Apr 1 '10 at 14:09
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@Gnoupi - Oh, even if you did, I don't mind the downvote, when there is a reason. And my first answer was a little "wise". The thing I don' tunderstand is why is this still getting downvoted(?!). Eh, go figure ... ;) – ldigas Apr 2 '10 at 20:58
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