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How to create the vim logo... in vim!

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A demonstration of creating a Vim logo BMP file directly inside Vim using a hex editor.

I was editing BMPs with a hex editor for a side project, so as a side project of the side project, I decided to create the vim logo in vim while documenting the process.

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What people say. Shared as an interesting and creative exercise in editing binary files directly within Vim.

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How to create the vim logo... in vim!

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BMP is definitely a fun format to play around with. A while ago, I wrote a BMP image by hand which was a great learning experience: link to this video In the video, I'm using an indexeed BMP, though, so the each color gets an ID and the IDs are written as the image data instead of writing the color values directly.