VIM is a default text editor and a powerful tool in linux. This editor is written and published by Bram Moolenaar. It is written using C and Vimscript. Vim is the choice of most of the developers.
VIM editor opens the file in command prompt. All the commands in editor are given with keyboard. So, there is no need of changing the hands between keyboard and mouse. If anyone in need of using the mouse, then there is mouse support option in the Vim editor with scroll bars and menus.
The commands to work in the text editor are categorized and explained in this tutorial.