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

384 points · 346 comments · jandeboevrie

sdcfgy · 1790523505 · 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. kps · 1790525988 · focus · HN ↗
  I've used vi and nvi and (now) vim, and tried neovim, but :! is broken and “Conform to POSIX vi” is one of their “Non-goals”.
  1. sodapopcan · 1790531397 · focus · HN ↗
    Nvim's `:!` behaviour was a deliberate design decision, which is one of the reasons I just stick with Vim9.
    Agentlien · 1790532607 · focus · HN ↗
    What's the issue? I use nvim and regularly use :! and haven't noticed an issue.
    sodapopcan · 1790532931 · focus · HN ↗
    It doesn't support interactive commands. For example if you run a command that asks for input before finishing, it gets swallowed.

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