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Yes, NeoVim is definitely an improvement over regular Vim. Hopefully more people will begin to use NeoVim and make it the standard going forward.

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throwaway2016a 10y ago
As an avid vim user I was trying to google and see reasons to use NeoVim and I couldn't find any except "built in terminal" Any advice on why I should switch?
- tombert 10y ago
  The tab-autocomplete when you hit the ":" key gives out written suggestions. All the plugins you know and love with Vim should work, and you can write new plugins in virtually language. New features tend to reach NeoVim faster than with regular Vim; most notably async support. NeoVim used the XDG system for configs, so it doesn't pollute your home folder with a bunch of dotfiles. And this might just be in my head, but I just feel like the entire system is a bit snappier and runs faster. ===== EDIT: ==== falcolas pointed out that I was mistaken on the first point: > The tab-autocomplete when you hit the ":" key gives out written suggestions. That appears to be in regular Vim.
  - falcolas 10y ago
    > The tab-autocomplete when you hit the ":" key gives out written suggestions. Can you explain this a bit more - how does this differ from vim's tab completion for ex commands? :e ~/.vim^I .vim/ .viminfo .vimrc :help ctrlp- 'ctrlp-<c-p>' ctrlp-options [...]
    - tombert 10y ago
      Looks like I lied (or was using an old version of Vim a few years ago). I just tried it on my machine and got the tab autocomplete with written suggestions in both Vim and NeoVim. My bad!
falcolas 10y ago
Since the transition from regular vim to neovim isn't as simple as typing a different command (especially if you're invested in vim already), I doubt it will ever replace vim for most users. For some users, the migration may be as easy as "move these files to these folders", but that's still a hurdle most people will say "why bother" with, especially since NeoVim doesn't offer anything that spectacular for users who don't write plugins.

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throwaway2016a 10y ago

As an avid vim user I was trying to google and see reasons to use NeoVim and I couldn't find any except "built in terminal" Any advice on why I should switch?

tombert 10y ago
The tab-autocomplete when you hit the ":" key gives out written suggestions. All the plugins you know and love with Vim should work, and you can write new plugins in virtually language. New features tend to reach NeoVim faster than with regular Vim; most notably async support. NeoVim used the XDG system for configs, so it doesn't pollute your home folder with a bunch of dotfiles. And this might just be in my head, but I just feel like the entire system is a bit snappier and runs faster. ===== EDIT: ==== falcolas pointed out that I was mistaken on the first point: > The tab-autocomplete when you hit the ":" key gives out written suggestions. That appears to be in regular Vim.
- falcolas 10y ago
  > The tab-autocomplete when you hit the ":" key gives out written suggestions. Can you explain this a bit more - how does this differ from vim's tab completion for ex commands? :e ~/.vim^I .vim/ .viminfo .vimrc :help ctrlp- 'ctrlp-<c-p>' ctrlp-options [...]
  - tombert 10y ago
    Looks like I lied (or was using an old version of Vim a few years ago). I just tried it on my machine and got the tab autocomplete with written suggestions in both Vim and NeoVim. My bad!

falcolas 10y ago

Since the transition from regular vim to neovim isn't as simple as typing a different command (especially if you're invested in vim already), I doubt it will ever replace vim for most users. For some users, the migration may be as easy as "move these files to these folders", but that's still a hurdle most people will say "why bother" with, especially since NeoVim doesn't offer anything that spectacular for users who don't write plugins.