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On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted

384 points · 346 comments · jandeboevrie

  1. sdcfgy · · focus · HN ↗
    I've used vim since the first time it appeared in Debian repos. I have been told a thousand times that NeoVim is better, more modern and solves many (conveniently never cited) issues. I just ignored it and carried on. Feeling terribly vindicated at this point as it's a feature I use regularly and have no idea that it would be an issue in NeoVim.
    1. WesolyKubeczek · · focus · HN ↗
      I used neovim because it felt way faster by default. I think treesitter runs circles around what classic vim is using to highlight syntax. That said, I never used both beyond basics, thus no horror stories either.
      1. sdcfgy · · focus · HN ↗
        I haven't noticed any performance issues in vim to start with. It was fast on a 75MHz pentium for me. The syntax highlighting, same. No issues. I don't always use that though because I can't be bothered to set up anything much past the basic config.
        1. everforward · · focus · HN ↗
          At one point vim lacked asynchronous plugins. If a plugin was running a builder or linter it locked the editor up (from what I recall).

          That fell apart when people wanted vim to do some more modern IDE kind of things like all the “… on save” stuff (build on save, test, lint, etc). I think LSP support is native in neovim as well.

          I believe vim merged asynchronous plugin support a while back though, so I’m not sure how different they really are anymore.

          1. sdcfgy · · focus · HN ↗
            That seems like solving the wrong problem.

            Just run make from another terminal...

            1. loeg · · focus · HN ↗
              It was a real problem, but as GP already mentioned, Vim has integrated some version of it since Vim 8 (2016), probably at least somewhat motivated by NeoVim (forked 2014).

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              1. sdcfgy · · focus · HN ↗
                I hadn&#x27;t noticed.
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