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honeymak
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 Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:43 am Post subject: neovim vs vim |
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just wondering whether i have to modernize myself or what to do
how do you guys choose between neovim and vim? i mean gentoo environment in general
 
just wondering if any poll you guys have done online anywhere? 
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szatox
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Flip a coin?
Or maybe just try both and see which you like more?
I just keep using what my job forced on me. I mean, I already know a bunch of commands, so might as well keep using them. It works well enough I don't feel the urge to look for alternatives.
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BurningMemory
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Hello there! Just choose whatever works for you. Personally I differentiate between vim and neovim
in terms of extensibility. Neovim uses Lua for plugins, which is great. Other than that, from the user's
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pjp
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| Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:43 am Post subject: Re: neovim vs vim |
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| honeymak wrote: | | just wondering whether i have to modernize myself or what to do |
Until vim announces a project EOL, it doesn't seem necessary.
I't s a tool. Use what you like or are comfortable with (or something else because you want to or can).
I stick with vim because it's the closes to vi, and my preference for vi is that it is (or was) everywhere. As a system administrator being able to log in anywhere and be immediately productive was more useful than whatever whizz-bang new shiny distraction came along. Emacs was historically too bloated to be usable (and wasn't always installed by default). For the most part, no other interactive editors were installed by default (I'm excluding ed and similarly hostile "editors" -- and yes, did have to resort to ed once).
Every now and again I reinstall emacs to see what all the fuss is about. But I rarely get far with it. Muscle memory is hard to overcome.
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ingenarel
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i personally use neovim.
why?
better support, and a better plugin community.
plus i don't understand vimscript. i didn't even have to learn lua but i'm making my own plugins.
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