The Future of the Vim Project

Re:The Future of the Vim Project by maleldil on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:26AM (#37075872)

I know you listed Lua already, but it's important to stress that. Bram _did not_ want Lua as the main scripting language, and created Vim9 Script as a "better VimScript" instead. That's a stark difference in the direction for the project, and it signals to me that Vim is not meant to reintegrate with Neovim. It's no longer a question of Vim catching up with Neovim.

However, this was Bram's vision. We don't know how the new leadership will affect that.

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Re:The Future of the Vim Project by gorjusborg on Thursday August 10, 2023 @11:38AM (#37077591)

> Vim9 Script as a "better VimScript" instead. That's a stark difference in the direction for the project

Great point. I wasn't following vim much, so didn't know the context around the language changes.

That does seem like a core philosophical difference. I'm interested to see what the future holds.

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Re:The Future of the Vim Project by ossusermivami on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:21AM (#37086025)

it's not quite just a "better vimscript" language it's an incompatible language, if it was just improvement on top of the existing vimscript it would have been fine i think but what people are complaining about is if you are going to break compatibility why not choose an existing language like lua

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Re:The Future of the Vim Project by maleldil on Friday August 11, 2023 @04:16AM (#37086313)

Yes, you're right. That's what I meant, but I should've highlighted the incompatibility aspect.

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