Re: why is neovim such a sad thing?

Sure thing, Marc.

I run into things I can't do in Vim 9 during Advent of Code; but I realize
I am using the language for something it was not built for primarily, so I
don't raise too many issues. The issues I raise
<https://github.com/vim/vim/issues?q=is:issue%20author:igbanam%20> are
mainly bugs, and the Vim team is quick in getting these fixed.

Some plugins make quality of life better; mostly interfacing with tooling
outside the editor. Off the top of my head…

   - vim-test/vim-test is a good abstraction on testing anything in the
   editor
   - puremourning/vimspector allows me debug with a familiar interface
   - tpope/fugitive has replaced how I use Git, alongside git-gutter and
   friends
   - vim-airline/vim-airline supercharges *:h 'statusline'*,
   - preservim/nerdtree + webdevicons is the *:Ex* I didn't know I needed,
   and
   - I've become rather dependent on welle/targets for working with text
   objects

The community has always helped leveling up. By the time I got confident
enough to be active in the community, Vim 9 was out with a more
relatable syntax.


*Igbanam*


On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM Marc Chantreux <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Igbanam and thanks for sharing,
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 09:59:09AM +0000, Igbanam Ogbuluijah wrote:
> > I'm keen to hear your thoughts when you develop it more. Also, when you
> give /
> > publish that talk, please remember to share on this thread as well.
> Thank you!
>
> which can be enriched by more testimonials. For example:
>
> * I would be really happy to know at least one thing you can't do in vim9
> * even I really don't like the vim9script syntax, I saw the improvements
>   (and understood it was a matter of efficiency) but cool stuff like
>   lambdas, hashes and lists were in vim since 8.0. I never realized viml
>   was so problematic.
> * Did you (ask for|help) help from the community to level up?
>
> regards
>
> marc
>
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