CommunityNews

CommunityNews

Vim 9.0 released

Vim 9.0 released

After many years of gradual improvement Vim now takes a big step with a major release. Besides many small additions the spotlight is on a new incarnation of the Vim script language: Vim9 script.

The previous release was version 8.2 in December 2019. Since the latest source code is always available on GitHub, many have already picked up later patch versions (there are more than 5000 of them!). Therefore the changes have already been tried out by many users. On top of that bugs have been fixed, security issues have been addressed, and many tests have been added. Code coverage has been dramatically increased. This version is more reliable than any before.

Why Vim9 Script…

Read in full here:

https://www.vim.org/vim90.php

This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers.

Where Next?

Popular General Dev topics Top

First poster: bot
Batteries included with Emacs. Emacs has a reputation for being borderline unusable out of the box, of being bloated but somehow surpris...
New
First poster: bot
What you need to know before try Emacs. When it comes to Emacs, every programmer should have heard its name more or less. After all, Ema...
New
New
First poster: bot
Welcome to the second part of this series aimed to make you a better Vim user! If you have no idea about Vim, you should begin with the f...
New
First poster: bot
Wheel is a navigation plugin for Vim and Neovim. It is buffer group oriented and makes abundant use of special buffers, in which you can ...
New
CommunityNews
https://vimgifs-544mvq4w0-mraza007.vercel.app/ This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers.
New
First poster: bot
Feature Packed Everything you need to get started without any configuration. A completely usable editor, right out of the box. Text-base...
New
First poster: bot
This article is the fifth of the series aimed to teach Vim from the ground up: Vim from the ground up Vim for Beginners Vim for Interm...
New
DevotionGeo
I installed Github Copilot (VS Code extension) and signed up for the technical preview three days ago. Yesterday I got the invitation, an...
New
First poster: bot
Modal editor · Faster as in fewer keystrokes · Multiple selections · Orthogonal design
New

Other popular topics Top

AstonJ
Or looking forward to? :nerd_face:
485 12328 258
New
siddhant3030
I’m thinking of buying a monitor that I can rotate to use as a vertical monitor? Also, I want to know if someone is using it for program...
New
brentjanderson
Bought the Moonlander mechanical keyboard. Cherry Brown MX switches. Arms and wrists have been hurting enough that it’s time I did someth...
New
AstonJ
This looks like a stunning keycap set :orange_heart: A LEGENDARY KEYBOARD LIVES ON When you bought an Apple Macintosh computer in the e...
New
AstonJ
Do the test and post your score :nerd_face: :keyboard: If possible, please add info such as the keyboard you’re using, the layout (Qw...
New
AstonJ
If you are experiencing Rails console using 100% CPU on your dev machine, then updating your development and test gems might fix the issu...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Author Spotlight Jamis Buck @jamis This month, we have the pleasure of spotlighting author Jamis Buck, who has written Mazes for Prog...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Author Spotlight Mike Riley @mriley This month, we turn the spotlight on Mike Riley, author of Portable Python Projects. Mike’s book ...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Get the comprehensive, insider information you need for Rails 8 with the new edition of this award-winning classic. Sam Ruby @rubys ...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
A concise guide to MySQL 9 database administration, covering fundamental concepts, techniques, and best practices. Neil Smyth MySQL...
New