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Some distros do have it in the official repos https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim
Yes, but it is not installed as the default text editor. Unlike vi/vim/nano
I understand why they started neovim, but don't think the split between vim 8 of today and neovim is a good thing. Makes me think of emacs vs xemacs but worth because they use slightly different dialects of vimscript (closures, currying in vim 8, different api for asynchronous calls). I personally wish they'd meet on some common, standardized ground. This would require both parties to accept they are not alone though…
> I personally wish they'd meet on some common, standardized ground. This would require both parties to accept they are not alone though. Yeah, not going to happen. ViM's author is remarkably hostile to the efforts of NeoVim and the ideas it brings forth.
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Honestly for me the main reason was that it finally has builtin `:terminal`. The plugins for use with vim have always been slightly buggy for me.
Can you please elaborate how you make use of the built in terminal emulation of neovim? Whenever I see a mention I think "neat" but have yet to integrate it into my workflow.
I understand why they started neovim, but don't think the split between vim 8 of today and neovim is a good thing. Makes me think of emacs vs xemacs but worth because they use slightly different dialects of vimscript (closures, currying in vim 8, different api for asynchronous calls). I personally wish they'd meet on some common, standardized ground. This would require both parties to accept they are not alone though…
The diffwrence in performance is hhuuuugggee! Vim lags on my project, nvim doesnt! Quadcorei5, 16hb ram!
I'm currently using vim and I'm quite happy with it. I don't use many plugins, so better support for plugins is not very helpful to me. Are there other reasons why I should switch to Neovim?
What I saw in using nvim:
- terminal use
- async plugins
- it's almost entirely compatible to vim anyway, so you can switch whenever you want to.
I have been using Vim as my primary editor for many years and am happy with it. People I know who use developer editors are split between Vim and Emacs. Neovim usage is minimal. Why? It is an honest question. I see developers of the editor happy, which is a good thing, but IMO to get more users NV must show why it is better from a user perspective -- have several demos on the powerful things easily achieved with NV t…
Without neovim, vim wouldn't have gotten the async features. The fact that it's a community driven project and not dictated by one single BDFL makes it a lot more sympathetic for me.
Also, saying that Vim wouldn't have gotten the async features without Neovim is wrong. It would have come in sooner or later, Neovim sure made it a priority.
I use Neovim on daily basis. It works really well. It requires tremendous efforts and love to transform a huge archaic code base into a much modern one. Thanks, Neovim team!
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> I personally wish they'd meet on some common, standardized ground. This would require both parties to accept they are not alone though. Yeah, not going to happen. ViM's author is remarkably hostile to the efforts of NeoVim and the ideas it brings forth.
Can you back up this claim? I think it's not true and authors of both projects respect each other. They simply have different views regarding backwards compatibility etc.