The author of the blog post[1] associated with that code sample has, in fact, attempted to submit patches to the original vim codebase. Many people have. They w

The author of the blog post[1] associated with that code sample has, in fact, attempted to submit patches to the original vim codebase. Many people have. They were rejected. That's why neovim exists now. So this is providing criticism in the service of providing a solution. [1]: http://geoff.greer.fm/2015/01/15/why-neovim-is-better-than-vim/ http://geoff.greer.fm/2015/01/15/why-neovim-is-better-than-v...