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0 pointsfatbird9y ago0 comments

Where it works, it's a drop-in replacement for VIM, notwithstanding differences in async implementations now.

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It's certainly not a drop-in replacement for vim. It doesn't support many features released in vim 8.

Until vim 8, it was a drop-in replacement, retaining full compatibility with vimrc and all plugins. My switch was seamless, and that was a big goal of theirs. Vim 8 introduced features already found in neovim in an incompatible way, and now the real fork begins.

milesrout9y ago

Well it isn't a drop-in replacement now. And it wasn't a drop-in replacement before either, on the platforms they needlessly removed compatibility with.

Vim introduced features that had been being worked on since before NeoVim, in a way that actually made sense in the context of Vim, and which fit into Vim nicely.

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milesrout9y ago

It's certainly not a drop-in replacement for vim. It doesn't support many features released in vim 8.

fatbirdOP9y ago

milesrout9y ago

Well it isn't a drop-in replacement now. And it wasn't a drop-in replacement before either, on the platforms they needlessly removed compatibility with.

Vim introduced features that had been being worked on since before NeoVim, in a way that actually made sense in the context of Vim, and which fit into Vim nicely.

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