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What would be the advantage of using it over vim? I am just curious. One thing I found is huge file support that would be definitely good but not sure about the
by StreamBright 11y ago
What would be the advantage of using it over vim? I am just curious. One thing I found is huge file support that would be definitely good but not sure about the rest.
- cloudhead 11y agoThe promise is that given it's a new, modern codebase, it could quickly outpace vim in capabilities and usability. Vim's legacy is what is holding the editor back from major improvements.
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- Kurtz79 11y agoSo, the better question would be what advantages there are over Neovim :), but it has already been answered in another post.
- lolsal 11y agoIt sounds like you are saying it is better just because it is being written from scratch. I don't plan on contributing or writing any plugins to Vis (or vim) so I don't really care about what the 'guts' of the project look like as long as it does what I use it for (text editing). What motivation would I have to install Vis and deal with the mental overhead of switching (I am sincerely asking)? I have the same concerns with NeoVim. Maybe I just need to wait a decade for the ecosystem to catch up.
- cloudhead 11y agoYes. I would absolutely not advise to switch over at this point in time, unless you want to support the project. In its current state, I suspect it will be a poorer experience than vim and neovim.
- hyperbovine 11y agoWhat are the major improvements that cannot be added to Vim due to its legacy codebase? Honest question from a longtime vimmer.
- cloudhead 11y agoOne thing that comes to mind is that vim doesn't support multithreading very well or at all, when it comes to plugins. This is one of the issues Neovim is tackling.