CoolHand writes:
Vim 8.0 has been released. This is the first major Vim release in 10 years.
New features include:
Even if Neovim never becomes status quo in the vi world, has the competition at least given Vim developers a shot in the arm?
Original Submission
Looks like it. Most of the items in the release notes are also the main improvements of neovim.
I donated to neovim. I never used neovim, and even if it never replaces Vim, the push it did on Vim already payed off.
A modern re-implementation of vi, independent of Vim, would also be nice.
(Score: 2) by bart9h on Monday September 12 2016, @11:45PM
Even if Neovim never becomes status quo in the vi world, has the competition at least given Vim developers a shot in the arm?
Looks like it. Most of the items in the release notes are also the main improvements of neovim.
I donated to neovim. I never used neovim, and even if it never replaces Vim, the push it did on Vim already payed off.
A modern re-implementation of vi, independent of Vim, would also be nice.