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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.
> The hard work from maintainers turned Vim into a completely new editor In what ways has vim become a completely new editor?
I love vim and neovim but I wished there was an easier way to define the config.
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
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…
How could anyone skip any other more "normal" editors and jump right into Vim?
Personally, I've been using Vim for years, but I must confess that I use almost the same commands as I did in the beginning. Is there any good website that teaches useful tricks, maybe on a daily basis?
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…
> Vim was the first text editor I've ever used (back in 2008) How could anyone skip any other more "normal" editors and jump right into Vim?