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Vim 8.0 Released

posted by takyon on Monday September 12 2016, @10:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the asynchronous-release dept.

CoolHand writes:

Vim 8.0 has been released. This is the first major Vim release in 10 years.

New features include:

  • Asynchronous I/O support, channels, JSON
  • Jobs
  • Timers
  • Partials, Lambdas and Closures
  • Packages
  • New style testing
  • Viminfo merged by timestamp
  • GTK+ 3 support
  • MS-Windows DirectX support

Even if Neovim never becomes status quo in the vi world, has the competition at least given Vim developers a shot in the arm?

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @10:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @10:37PM (#400985)

    You are at a dead end of a dirt road. The road goes to
    the east. In the distance you can see that it will
    eventually fork off. The trees here are very tall royal
    palms, and they are spaced equidistant from each other.
    There is a shovel here.
    >

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  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday September 12 2016, @10:45PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Monday September 12 2016, @10:45PM (#400988) Journal

    >get shovel

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @10:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @10:51PM (#400991)

      >get shovel
      You pick up the shovel.
      >

      • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday September 12 2016, @10:55PM

        by JNCF (4317) on Monday September 12 2016, @10:55PM (#400994) Journal

        >east

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @11:04PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @11:04PM (#400998)

          Boulder here. More trees.

          • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday September 12 2016, @11:12PM

            by JNCF (4317) on Monday September 12 2016, @11:12PM (#401002) Journal

            "That message isn't as verbose as I remember," the player thinks to himself.

            >look

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @11:19PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @11:19PM (#401007)

              E/W Dirt road
              You are on the continuation of a dirt road. There are more trees on
              both sides of you. The road continues to the east and west.
              There is a large boulder here.
              >

              • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday September 12 2016, @11:48PM

                by JNCF (4317) on Monday September 12 2016, @11:48PM (#401019) Journal

                >dryhump boulder

                • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @01:59AM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @01:59AM (#401068)

                  You dryhump the boulder. You are close to orgasm.
                  >

                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @04:04AM

                    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @04:04AM (#401112)

                    >eat shovel

                  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Tuesday September 13 2016, @04:16PM

                    by JNCF (4317) on Tuesday September 13 2016, @04:16PM (#401366) Journal

                    >east 

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @05:04PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @05:04PM (#401399)

                      >east
                      A fork in the road
                      You are on a stretch of dirt road lined by tall willow trees. Their shade is pleasant, but offset by the smell of pungent manure. The road runs to the west and forks to the east and northeast.
                      There is a wooden signpost here.
                      Your crotch is still sore from a boulder.
                      >

              • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @01:57AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @01:57AM (#401064)

                > go back to potatos to get my fucking power wrist

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @11:28PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @11:28PM (#401013)

              It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
              >

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @10:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12 2016, @10:46PM (#400990)

    His name is Robert Toukmond.
    His name is Robert Toukmond.
    His name is Robert Toukmond.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @05:23AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @05:23AM (#401137)

      The only NPC is the bear. Feeding the bear is the only option.