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Vim 8 and neovim don't have any major differences. Even as a decades-long Vim power user, I can use either. neovim deserves credit for stimulating Bram to accep
by caymanjim 6y ago
Vim 8 and neovim don't have any major differences. Even as a decades-long Vim power user, I can use either. neovim deserves credit for stimulating Bram to accept changes, though. Most notably Vim 8's support for async plugins. I don't think Vim 8 ever would have happened without neovim.
- yudlejoza 6y agoWell after reading your comment, I thought maybe the big win for neovim might be reduced (code-size) complexity. So I checked the code sizes for latest versions of both vim and neovim (from github): - vim is at 900k (717k without po files) - neovim is at 677k (562k without po files) Savings of only 25% of code size is unfortunate. It's even worse if we ignore the po data files (only 22%). I would like to see a fully-capable modern editor/IDE for under 100k of clean, readable code. Until then, the quest goes on.
- himujjal 6y agogithub.com/rxi/lite-editor
- yudlejoza 6y agoThanks. Found the correct link: github.com/rxi/lite - First, it's ~20k ... which I admire in itself, but I doubt it'll have all the functionality of an advanced editor/IDE system. - Second, I don't know lua, don't have plans to learn lua. I'll take lua a teeny bit more seriously the day I don't have to decide if I need to shell out 22 pounds just to read the latest official documentation of a programming language I'm trying to learn [0] [0] https://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua-fourth-edition-ebook https://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua-fou...