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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
1 282 (-59)  114 -21  add IDE features (debugger integration, shell window)
2 279 (-26)  110 -11  add integration with Python instead of inventing more Vim script
3 211 (-2)  84 -1  fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust
4 180 (-24)  71 -2  improve syntax highlighting speed
5 175 (-14)  65 -7  add collaborative editing: changes made to a buffer show up in another Vim in a second
6 160 (-11)  67 -7  support embedding of Vim in another GUI program
7 158 (-21)  54 -14  make it possible to use Vim as a plugin in Eclipse
8 153 (-3)  74 -3  add an indication what text was changed since editing started (change bar or diff)
9 147   65   improve diff mode: automatic refresh, better merge support
10 127 (-1)  74 -1  add more and better omni completion plugins
11 113 (-14)  25 -5  support multiple top-level windows for one running Vim
12 112 (-3)  51 -2  better plugin management system: automatic updates and dependencies
13 100 (-3)  48 -3  improve the support for MacOS X
14 85   51   improve syntax highlighting functionality
15 79   43   improve the performance of scrolling and displaying
16 76 (-8)  42 -5  add smart cut/paste: fix white space before and after pasted text
17 73   39   improve Visual block mode; make Ex commands work on rectangles
18 72   49   improve the Python interface
19 65   30   improve folding
20 63 (-2)  36 -2  improve the startup speed
21 60   33   improve completion in Insert mode
22 57   30   improve "gq" formatting of text (left&right justified, comments option)
23 47 (-6)  16 -1  improve multi-byte character support (e.g., 'langmap')
24 46 (-5)  31 -2  improve the Ruby interface
25 44 (-9)  27 -5  add encryption for the swapfile
26 44 (-3)  22 -2  improve the performance of Vim scripts (pre-compile them)
27 44 (-1)  31 -1  add a menu that lists the most recently used files
28 44   18   improve the Perl interface
29 41   16   improve the quickfix commands
30 41 (-5)  22 -2  add option not to move the cursor when using a scrollbar
31 40   23   add vertical mode for operators (e.g., delete word in five lines)
32 36 (-1)  23 -1  improve completion on the command line
33 34   29   improve flexible auto-indenting and support more languages
34 33 (-10)  23 -7  improve the support for MS-Windows
35 32   23   add a method to repeat a previous change ("c.", "d.", etc.)
36 29   14   add patterns to define section borders for "{", "[[", "%", etc
37 28 (-22)  19 -12  add GUI version that uses Qt (aka kvim)
38 27   18   add a command to repeat a whole mapping (not only its last change)
39 25   18   improve 'cindent', auto-indenting for C and C++
40 24   15   add flexible tab stops, can be used for tables
41 24 (-6)  21 -1  create a vim-script maillist, for announcements about new and updated scripts
42 23   14   add autocommand events for Insert mode, before/after inserting a character
43 22 (-11)  21 -4  improve on-the-fly spell checking
44 21   11   improve debug mode (debugging Vim scripts and functions)
45 20 (-1)  17 -1  improve the performance of reading and writing files
46 20   13   improve ":mksession" support (switch to a previously saved state)
47 18   10   add more autocommand events (for ":cd", jump to tag, etc.)
48 17   10   improve the Cscope interface
49 15   12   add better support for editing files in projects (with ID utils)
50 11 (-1)  8 -1  lower the amount of memory that Vim uses when running
51 10 (-8)  11 -3  improve printing with ":hardcopy"
52 10 (-6)  11 -1  improve the remote server functionality
53 9   6   improve searching in the on-line help, add more tags
54 8 (-1)  5 -1  improve 'viminfo' (keeping information when quitting Vim)
55 7 (-13)  10 -6  add a portable GUI toolkit for nice dialogs in Vim script
56 7 (-6)  10 -1  add syntax highlighting for more languages
57 7 (-7)  8 -4  make installing and upgrading easier
58 7 (-5)  7 -5  add file locking
59 6   4   improve the on-line help user manual
60 6 (-5)  7 -5  improve the Visual Studio interface (VisVim)
61 6 (-14)  15 -6  add more features to Vim scripting
62 5   5   improve the support for GTK
63 4   1   add an "open" mode, like the original Vi
64 4   3   add scope arguments to the ":tag" command (like Elvis)
65 4   4   improve the tutor (course for beginners)
66 2   1   improve the on-line help reference manual
67 1 (-17)  7 -9  add GUI dialog to record/stop/play a keystroke macro
68 1 (-11)  6 -7  reduce the size of the distribution (harddisk usage)
69 -1 (-4)  3 -1  add editing of a hidden buffer (useful in scripts only)
70 -1 (-1)  0 -1  improve the support for X Window with the Athena toolkit
71 -2 (-6)  3 -5  translate the on-line help to German, French, Spanish, etc.
72 -2 (-2)  0 -2  improve the OLE interface
73 -2 (-34)  17 -19  add diff/merge capability for CVS, like in emacs
74 -3 (-4)  1 -1  improve the Tcl interface
75 -5 (-5)  0 -4  improve the support for X Window with the Motif toolkit
76 -17 (-25)  8 -17  make Vim simpler to learn and easier to use
77 -25 (-37)  5 -24  add more GUI functions (requesters, menus, dialogs)
78 -29 (-30)  1 -18  improve the support for MacOS 9 and earlier
79 -35 (-36)  1 -24  improve the 16 bit DOS version (avoid out-of-memory problems)
80 -44 (-55)  5 -37  make Vim available as a .net object
81 -47 (-52)  2 -25  improve Vi compatibility, even the smallest detail
82 -110 (-122)  8 -53  stop adding features, there are enough already

344 registered Vim users and sponsors have entered votes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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