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> To avoid the annoying seconds in which vIM would freeze during tasks like syntax-checks, neovim lets you run jobs asynchronously. Vim 8 also has asynchronous
by majewsky 8y ago
> To avoid the annoying seconds in which vIM would freeze during tasks like syntax-checks, neovim lets you run jobs asynchronously.
Vim 8 also has asynchronous tasks, as well as a builtin terminal emulator. So there is not much of a reason to use Neovim (except Lua scripts, maybe?).
- bhaak 8y agoWithout neovim, there would probably still be no asynchronous tasks in vim. Sometimes a little bit of competition is very well perceived. Others will probably chime in with the technical merits of neovim but for me, this reason alone is good enough.
- pmoriarty 8y ago"there is not much of a reason to use Neovim (except Lua scripts, maybe?)" Vim has allowed scripting via Lua since before Neovim existed.
- phailhaus 8y agoIt's faster, which I discovered after switching to it for Javascript/Typescript development. Also has better autocomplete plugins. Vim plugins just don't seem to have taken advantage of the async features yet.