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I am done with vim

ThePrimeagen

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ThePrimeagen explains why he is moving entirely to Neovim and Lua, leaving Vim 9 behind.

I wont be using vim 9. it is dead too me. NeoVim forever. In the last 3 weeks went full lua. I have finally committed to Neovim. ### Twitch Everything is built live on twitch Twitch : bit.ly/3xhFO3E Discord: discord.gg/ThePrimeagen ### Editor All my videos are edited by Flip. Give him a follow! twitter.com/flipmediaprod He is also open to do more editing, so slide deeeeeeeeep into his dms. ### Links Linode: linode.com/prime discord.gg/ThePrimeagen Twitch: twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Insta: instagram.com/ThePrimeagen Twitter: twitter.com/ThePrimeagen VimRC & i3: github.com/ThePrimeagen/.dotfiles Keyboard (15% off, I don't earn commission): bit.ly/primeagen-adv2 #vim #programming #softwareengineering

Why it's here

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What people say. Linked to discuss the transition from Vim to Neovim and Neovim's influence on Vim's development.

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u/furainin r/vim • Mentions

The influence of Neovim on Vim development ## The Good Since the inception of Neovim in 2014, it has been nice see to where the community has taken it. Apart from the async support which was reason for the creation of the project, a lot of other core features have been added to it. A specific one I would mention is the integrated terminal emulator, which got added to Vim after users requested it to Bram. Pop-up windows would be another such example, and I'm sure there are others. Suffice it to say that the fast pace at which Neovim features get merged, it has generated healthy competition for both editors and the result benefits the end user. ## The Not-so-Good Until very recently, Neov…