Cream is a configuration of the Vim text editor that consists of a set of scripts which can be run within Vim to make it behave more like an editor now common to most personal computers which conform to the Common User Access standards of interface and operability. Through pulldown menus, keyboard shortcuts, and extensive editing functions, Cream tries to make Vim more approachable for novice users and adds features for those more experienced. These are provided through Vim's own extensibility, there are no special customizations to Vim itself. However, due to technical limitations for Vim configurations, some common user interface features are not available in Cream, such as a Ctrl+O keyboard shortcut for opening files. Cream's name is a play on the idea of the coffee temper: Both soften something stronger and more sophisticated, and neither can stand alone. Licensed under the GNU General Public License, Cream is free software.
External links
- Cream SourceForge page
- Linux Equivalents, Cream, LinuxLinks.com.
- "Adding a little Cream to (g)Vim", by Scott Nesbitt, linux.com, May 16, 2007.
- "Cream for Vim - Making Vim more user friendly", by Newsguy, All about Linux, June 17, 2006.
- "Vi and Cream?", by Eric Foster-Johnson, Open ITWorld, September 26, 2002.
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