"In November 1998 an survey was held to allow Vim users to vote for changes to Vim. This resulted in a good overview of what users wanted to be added. This is t

"In November 1998 an survey was held to allow Vim users to vote for changes to Vim. This resulted in a good overview of what users wanted to be added. This is the top six:" 1. Add folding (display only a selected part of the text) 2. Vertically split windows (side-by-side) 3. Add configurable auto-indenting for many languages (like 'cindent') 4. Fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust 5. Add Perl compatible search pattern 6. Search patterns that cross line boundaries Compare that to the top 6 most requested features today: 1. add IDE features (debugger integration, shell window) 2. add integration with Python instead of inventing more Vim script 3. improve diff mode: automatic refresh, better merge support 4. fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust 5. improve syntax highlighting speed 6. add an indication what text was changed since editing started (change bar or diff) From: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php