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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Vis a vim-like text editor [](http://vis.readthedocs.io/en/master/?badge=master) [](irc://irc.freenode.net/vis-editor) -Vis aims to be a modern, legacy free, simple yet efficient editor +Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple @@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ cursors/selections and combines it with [sam's](http://sam.cat-v.org/) [structural regular expression](http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/structural_regexps/) based [command language](http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/sam_lang_tutorial/). -As an universal editor it has decent Unicode support and should cope with arbitrary files -including: large, binary or single-line ones. +A universal editor, it has decent Unicode support and should cope with arbitrary +files, including large, binary or single-line ones. Efficient syntax highlighting is provided using -[Parsing Expression Grammars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing_expression_grammar) +[Parsing Expression Grammars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing_expression_grammar), which can be conveniently expressed using [Lua](http://www.lua.org/) in the form of [LPeg](http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/). The editor core is written in a reasonable amount of clean (your mileage -may vary), modern and legacy free C code, enabling it to run in resource -constrained environments. The implementation should be easy to hack on -and encourage experimentation. There also exists a Lua API for in process +may vary), modern and legacy-free C code, enabling it to run in +resource-constrained environments. The implementation should be easy to hack on +and encourage experimentation. There is also a Lua API for in-process extensions. Vis strives to be *simple* and focuses on its core task: efficient text @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dialog are all provided by independent utilities. There exist plans to use a client/server architecture, delegating window management to your windowing system or favorite terminal multiplexer. -The intention is *not* to be bug for bug compatible with vi(m), instead +The intention is *not* to be bug-for-bug compatible with vi(m). Instead, we aim to provide more powerful editing features based on an elegant design and clean implementation. |