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If I created a document with vim eg. vim document2.txt , where is it stored by default?

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In the directory you ran VIM in.

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mysticalone said:

If I created a document with vim eg. vim document2.txt , where is it stored by default?

Home folder by default, unless if you have not changed the directory.

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What does vim stand for any way??

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I think it's "Visual Interactive Modeling".

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What does Visual Active modeling have to do with programming..
Please don't think I am be facetious..I really don't know lots of terms..Although, lately I confess I have been reading all I can on the matter.:eek:

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It is simply an editor in Linux environment. (You can think like Notepad in Windows Environment). You can write whatever the programs that you want.