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 <h2 align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/master/images/icon.png" height="128"><br>VSCodeVim</h2>
 <p align="center"><strong>Vim emulation for Visual Studio Code</strong></p>
 
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 VSCodeVim is a Vim emulator for [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/).