20 Years of Vim

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Post by mpereira » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by mpereira » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

I used data from the Vim git repository to create an annotated chart of some of the main moments in the last 20 years of Vim development.

Vim was the first text editor I've ever used (back in 2008), and it shaped the way I interact with computers forever. I'm grateful to all maintainers, and to Bram for creating it and shepherding it through all these decades.

The annotations are interactive, so if you hover them you'll see more context about the events.

I built the tool to make this visualization: https://www.contextualize.ai

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by xnx » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:01 PM UTC

Cool tool! I had to double check because I thought Vim was much older. Indeed, Vim goes back to 1991 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)). This is a great view of the last 20 years of Vim.

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by mpereira » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:04 PM UTC

xnx wrote: post #3

Cool tool! I had to double check because I thought Vim was much older. Indeed, Vim goes back to 1991 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor) ). This is a great view of the last 20 years of Vim.

Thanks! I just added a hopefully-clarifying comment before the chart based on your comment.

> This chart shows the last 20 years of development as seen in the Vim git repository.

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by bongobingo1 » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

Would like to see this with the #lines/changes per commit. Its obvious that there are more commits post neovim, but i wonder if they're more substantial or just a change in work flow (eg: previously 1 commit with 3 lines, later 3 commits with 1 line each).

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by wodenokoto » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:13 PM UTC

> The hard work from maintainers turned Vim into a completely new editor

In what ways has vim become a completely new editor?

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by bashgordon » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:21 PM UTC

So... How do we help children in Uganda?

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by mpereira » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:23 PM UTC

bashgordon wrote: post #7

So... How do we help children in Uganda?

Check out `:help uganda`.

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:26 PM UTC

mpereira wrote: post #2

I used data from the Vim git repository to create an annotated chart of some of the main moments in the last 20 years of Vim development. Vim was the first text editor I've ever used (back in 2008), and it shaped the way I interact with computers forever. I'm grateful to all maintainers, and to Bram for creating it and shepherding it through all these decades. The annotations are interactive, so if you hover them you…

> The annotations are interactive, so if you hover them you'll see more context about the events.

It would be helpful to put this somewhere on the page. On mobile especially one isn’t likely to accidentally discover this with random mouse movements.

Re: 20 Years of Vim

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Post by pawelduda » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:27 PM UTC

bongobingo1 wrote: post #5

Would like to see this with the #lines/changes per commit. Its obvious that there are more commits post neovim, but i wonder if they're more substantial or just a change in work flow (eg: previously 1 commit with 3 lines, later 3 commits with 1 line each).

After neovim was released, I could feel the pace pick up, subjectively