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Vim 9.1.1243 improves the diff highlighting

[2025-03-27]

Vim patch 9.1.1243 brings some nice improvements to the vim diff highlighting.

It is now possible to enable character- and word diffs. This brings it closer to other diff highlighting tools like meld and Visual Studio Code.

You can enable this by setting the new suboption "inline" for the "diffopt" setting like this: :set diffopt+=inline:word or :set diffopt+=inline:char

You can find some examples of how this changes, when looking at the pictures provided at the pull request 16881. This change has been contributed by Yee Cheng Chin, thanks for improving Vim!

Vim 9.1.1232 brings the Tuple data type to Vim script

[2025-03-23]

Vim patch 9.1.1232 brings support for the Tuple data type to Vim Script.

A tuple is immutable and uses less memory than a List data type, therefore being a bit more efficient than a list type and it is now available in Vim Script thanks to Yegappan Lakshmanan. A huge thanks for doing this work!

Please see the extensive help for the documentation.

Happy I Love Free Software Day!

[2025-02-14]

On February 25th, we celebrate Free Software and the incredible communities that make it possible. And what better occasion to express our gratitude to the Vim, Neovim, BusyBox Vi, and all Vi-related projects - a dedicated group of developers, maintainers, and users who continue to redefine what a text editor can be!

Vi and its descendants have stood the test of time, evolving into powerful, efficient, and customizable tools that developers, sysadmins, and writers rely on every day. Whether it's the legendary Vim, the modern and extensible Neovim, or the lightweight BusyBox Vi, these projects embody the spirit of freedom, flexibility, and innovation in software. The work we do as a community - enhancing these editors, maintaining plugins, refining documentation, and welcoming new users - is something to be proud of! On this special day, let's take a moment to reflect on the impact of Free Software and the people who build it. The FSFE's "I Love Free Software" campaign reminds us why open-source contributions matter, and posts like this one show the passion behind our work. And of course, we can never say thank you enough to Bram Moolenaar and everyone who has shaped Vim and its ecosystem over the years. To all contributors, maintainers, and users of Vim, Neovim, BusyBox Vi, and every Vi-inspired editor: your work matters, and today, we celebrate you! (Christian Brabandt)

Vim: The power tool for everyone! See pictures of Bram's latest visit to Uganda on Google Photos. Read the visit report on the ICCF website.

Recent Script Updates	5,969 scripts, 19,558,438 downloads

[2025-05-11]	HTML/XHTML Macros : HTML/XHTML editing macros and menus
	(1.5.1) Bugfix release - Christian J. Robinson
[2025-05-11]	vim-serape : a bright and vivid color scheme
	(v0.4.0) added 16-bit color support and changed statusline colors - Jason Long
[2025-05-08]	StylePicker : A color and style picker in pure Vim 9 script
	(0.1.0) Use a dictionary for setting options. Reinitialize highlight groups if the color scheme changes. Require minimum version of libreactive. - Lifepillar
[2025-05-06]	cpptags : ftplugin that customizes 'tagfunc' for C++ files
	(1.0.5) + cast operator support + regexp drive through + exact match ignore domains + code simplification + coroutine operator support + asio options - Miguel Barro
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