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Re: neovim (Was: Editor learning curves)

From	Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.editors
Subject	Re: neovim (Was: Editor learning curves)
Date	2026-04-06 16:33 +0200
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On 2026-04-06 00:18, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> 
> Until this moment, I was basically uninterested in neovim, since I saw no
> claims implying that it was actually *better* than vim, and as vim seems to
> do everything I need it to do, there didn't seem to be an reason to be
> interested in neovim.  It always seemed like their main claim to fame was
> that the code base was "better" and that the VIM source code base had
> become "old".  Well, as a user, I don't care about any of that.  I mean, I
> can understand why the developers might care, but as a user, it is
> irrelevant to me.

A friend not long ago made positive comment about Neovim. So I
inspected its "features" (or notable differences) list just to
recognize that it provides nothing at all new and relevant for
me as an editor user.

I seem to recall that some folks wanted features in Vim that
Bram had rejected, and so they decided to create an own variant
of Vi.

The same effect you see if someone is enthusiastic by some own
idea and decides to create an own completely new variant of some
product. This focus-splitting behavior for own satisfaction I
generally consider not to be the best decision for the community.

Janis

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    Re: Editor learning curves Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-05 21:47 +0000
      neovim (Was: Editor learning curves) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-05 22:18 +0000
        Re: neovim (Was: Editor learning curves) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-04-06 16:33 +0200
          Re: neovim (Was: Editor learning curves) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-06 15:15 +0000

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