The death of Bram Moolenaar, Vim founder and benevolent dictator for life (BDFL), in 2023 sent a shock through the community, and raised concern about the future of the project. At VimConf 2024 in November, current Vim maintainer Christian Brabandt delivered a keynote on “the new Vim project" that detailed how the community has reorganized itself to continue maintaining Vim and what the future looks like.

  • expr ( expr@programming.dev ) 
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    2 years ago

    Nah, neovim made too many breaking changes and prioritizes the wrong things. I’d much rather the spirit of vim continue, albeit with a better organizational structure.