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These are the results of the votes. The first column shows the total number of points for a feature. This includes the negative votes, which are mentioned in parenthesis.

The "voters" column shows the number people who voted for this feature and the number of voters that voted against this feature (with a minus sign). Thus this ignores the number of points someone has given.

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   points    voters   feature
1 271 (-14)  61 -3  add persistent undo: undo is still possible after exiting Vim
2 172 (-5)  55 -3  support embedding of Vim in another GUI program
3 145 (-5)  43 -3  fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust
4 144 (-36)  68 -8  add IDE features (debugger integration, shell window)
5 138 (-76)  47 -23  make it possible to use Vim as a plugin in Eclipse
6 110 (-5)  46 -2  add integration with Python instead of inventing more Vim script
7 99 (-9)  32 -5  improve the support for MacOS X
8 92 (-18)  53 -5  add more and better omni completion plugins
9 85   24   support multiple top-level windows for one running Vim
10 79 (-4)  25 -3  add a strong encryption method
11 61   33   add an indication what text was changed since editing started (change bar or diff)
12 56   27   improve folding
13 56   26   improve syntax highlighting speed
14 53   25   improve diff mode: automatic refresh, better merge support
15 52   26   improve syntax highlighting functionality
16 41   22   improve the Python interface
17 40   8   add the conceal patch from Vince Negri
18 40   21   improve Visual block mode; make Ex commands work on rectangles
19 39   19   improve flexible auto-indenting and support more languages
20 38 (-11)  18 -7  add GUI version that uses Qt (aka kvim)
21 34 (-3)  20 -1  add a menu that lists the most recently used files
22 32 (-1)  14 -1  add option not to move the cursor when using a scrollbar
23 32   15   improve 'cindent', auto-indenting for C and C++
24 32 (-5)  17 -2  add encryption for the swapfile
25 30 (-2)  17 -1  add diff/merge capability for CVS, like in emacs
26 28 (-1)  17 -1  improve the startup speed
27 26   6   add better support for editing files in projects (with ID utils)
28 25   9   add collaborative editing: changes made to a buffer show up in another Vim in a second
29 24   14   improve the performance of scrolling and displaying
30 24 (-3)  13 -3  add a portable GUI toolkit for nice dialogs in Vim script
31 21 (-10)  16 -4  improve on-the-fly spell checking
32 20   13   improve "gq" formatting of text (left&right justified, comments option)
33 19   9   improve multi-byte character support (e.g., 'langmap')
34 18   12   add vertical mode for operators (e.g., delete word in five lines)
35 17   12   improve completion in Insert mode
36 15   11   addguitabs
37 15 (-1)  8 -1  improve the performance of reading and writing files
38 15   4   improve printing with ":hardcopy"
39 14 (-4)  10 -2  add smart cut/paste: fix white space before and after pasted text
40 13   4   add flexible tab stops, can be used for tables
41 13   7   improve the Ruby interface
42 13   7   improve the quickfix commands
43 12   7   add a method to repeat a previous change ("c.", "d.", etc.)
44 12   7   improve ":mksession" support (switch to a previously saved state)
45 12   9   create a vim-script maillist, for announcements about new and updated scripts
46 12   5   add a command to repeat a whole mapping (not only its last change)
47 12   7   add patterns to define section borders for "{", "[[", "%", etc
48 11   5   add autocommand events for Insert mode, before/after inserting a character
49 11   7   add syntax highlighting for more languages
50 11 (-1)  8 -1  make installing and upgrading easier
51 10   6   improve debug mode (debugging Vim scripts and functions)
52 10   10   improve the support for GTK
53 10   6   add file locking
54 10   8   improve completion on the command line
55 10   6   improve the remote server functionality
56 9   8   improve searching in the on-line help, add more tags
57 9   5   add more autocommand events (for ":cd", jump to tag, etc.)
58 8 (-6)  5 -5  add GUI dialog to record/stop/play a keystroke macro
59 7   5   add editing of a hidden buffer (useful in scripts only)
60 7 (-1)  7 -1  lower the amount of memory that Vim uses when running
61 6 (-8)  11 -3  add more features to Vim scripting
62 6 (-13)  12 -2  improve the Perl interface
63 6   3   improve the on-line help user manual
64 5   5   addgrep
65 5 (-2)  7 -1  improve the tutor (course for beginners)
66 5   4   improve the on-line help reference manual
67 4 (-1)  3 -1  improve 'viminfo' (keeping information when quitting Vim)
68 3   2   add scope arguments to the ":tag" command (like Elvis)
69 3   3   improve the Cscope interface
70 3   3   addundotree
71 3 (-1)  2 -1  improve the performance of Vim scripts (pre-compile them)
72 2 (-2)  3 -2  translate the on-line help to German, French, Spanish, etc.
73 2 (-2)  1 -2  improve the support for X Window with the Athena toolkit
74 1   1   addhicursor
75 0 (-15)  4 -11  add more GUI functions (requesters, menus, dialogs)
76 -1 (-14)  3 -5  improve the Visual Studio interface (VisVim)
77 -2 (-4)  2 -1  add an "open" mode, like the original Vi
78 -3 (-4)  1 -3  reduce the size of the distribution (harddisk usage)
79 -3 (-14)  7 -8  improve the support for MS-Windows
80 -4 (-5)  1 -5  improve the Tcl interface
81 -5 (-5)  0 -3  improve the support for X Window with the Motif toolkit
82 -5 (-5)  0 -5  improve the OLE interface
83 -7 (-34)  10 -20  make Vim available as a .net object
84 -12 (-15)  2 -10  make Vim simpler to learn and easier to use
85 -22 (-22)  0 -16  improve the support for MacOS 9 and earlier
86 -31 (-32)  1 -21  improve Vi compatibility, even the smallest detail
87 -39 (-40)  1 -25  improve the 16 bit DOS version (avoid out-of-memory problems)
88 -41 (-70)  7 -31  stop adding features, there are enough already

216 registered Vim users and sponsors have entered votes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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