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Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by mintplant on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @05:37PM (#9894239)
vim may still be partly to blame in that case, as it lacks support for async plugins.
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Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by Watabou on Thursday July 16, 2015 @12:00AM (#9895433)
Do you also blame Microsoft Word because it doesn't let you play movies?
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Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by mintplant on Thursday July 16, 2015 @02:51AM (#9895757)
People have tried to add async plugin support to vim, but the patches have all been rejected. Meanwhile, the plugin support in Neovim is worlds better.

Microsoft Word doesn't even accept patches, which I do indeed hold against it.

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Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by Watabou on Thursday July 16, 2015 @02:27PM (#9899029)
The patches were rejected because they didn't provide a working solution for cross platform support. The plugin system in Neovim is only "better" for people who actually want async plugins. I am not one of them.
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