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1. 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. mahboi · 1790526506 · focus · HN ↗

      I've never used NeoVim because Vim has been good enough.

      1. tombert · 1790540151 · focus · HN ↗

         Vim is good enough now. The reason I switched to NeoVim in like 2015 is because it had async plugin support. With vanilla Vim at the time, if you had a lot of plugins it could get pretty slow and stuttery pretty quickly.

         Vanilla Vim added it in 2016 I think, but by that time I had already fully switched to NeoVim and it didn't seem worth it to me to switch.

         1. mahboi · 1790608837 · focus · HN ↗

            I would probably do the same if I had an issue with Vim back then. Guess I just didn't have that many plugins.

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