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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
1 123 (-40)  33 -14  add integration with Python instead of inventing more Vim script
2 110 (-15)  39 -3  fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust
3 108 (-6)  18 -5  make it possible to set a different background color for inactive windows
4 105 (-6)  43 -3  add an indication what text was changed since editing started (change bar or diff)
5 94 (-15)  39 -2  improve syntax highlighting speed by adding a parser
6 93 (-4)  24 -1  improve folding
7 81   34   improve diff mode: automatic refresh, better merge support
8 72 (-10)  9 -6  add diff/merge capability for git, mercurial et al.
9 66   29   add more and better omni completion plugins
10 66   21   improve the performance of scrolling and displaying
11 54   22   improve syntax highlighting functionality
12 54   3   add scrolling per screen line, first line can start halfway
13 53 (-15)  8 -4  improve the support for MS-Windows
14 53   24   better plugin management system: automatic updates and dependencies
15 51   19   improve completion on the command line
16 48   15   improve Visual block mode; make Ex commands work on rectangles
17 46 (-11)  26 -4  add collaborative editing: changes made to a buffer show up in another Vim in a second
18 45 (-20)  22 -5  support embedding of Vim in another GUI program
19 42 (-1)  19 -1  improve the Python interface
20 40 (-11)  8 -6  make it possible to use Vim as a plugin in Eclipse
21 40   18   improve the performance of Vim script
22 37 (-1)  15 -1  add a menu that lists the most recently used files
23 36   8   add multiple cursors, edit text in more than one place at the same time
24 35   9   add option not to move the cursor when scrolling the window
25 34   12   improve the quickfix commands
26 32 (-4)  8 -2  support multiple top-level windows for one running Vim
27 30 (-1)  15 -1  improve on-the-fly spell checking
28 30   9   improve the client-server functionality
29 27   13   improve flexible auto-indenting and support more languages
30 26 (-1)  13 -1  add syntax highlighting for more languages
31 25   12   improve debug mode (debugging Vim scripts and functions)
32 25   10   improve 'cindent', auto-indenting for C and C++
33 25 (-4)  10 -1  improve the support for MacOS X
34 24   10   add a method to repeat a previous change ("c.", "d.", etc.)
35 24   11   improve multi-byte character support (e.g., 'langmap')
36 21   13   improve completion in Insert mode
37 21 (-23)  23 -7  improve IDE features (terminal debugger)
38 20   10   improve ":mksession" support (switch to a previously saved state)
39 18 (-3)  7 -3  add GUI dialog to record/stop/play a keystroke macro
40 17   7   add more autocommand events (for ":cd", jump to tag, etc.)
41 16   12   add smart cut/paste: fix white space before and after pasted text
42 15   7   add patterns to define section borders for "{", "[[", "%", etc
43 15   6   improve the performance of reading and writing files
44 15   9   improve "gq" formatting of text (left&right justified, comments option)
45 13 (-4)  9 -1  improve the startup speed
46 13 (-1)  5 -1  lower the amount of memory that Vim uses when running
47 13   6   improve printing with ":hardcopy"
48 12   5   add a command to repeat a whole mapping (not only its last change)
49 11   4   improve the Cscope interface
50 10 (-1)  7 -1  improve the Ruby interface
51 9   5   improve 'viminfo' (keeping information when quitting Vim)
52 9   6   improve the tutor (course for beginners)
53 8   4   translate the builtin help to German, French, Spanish, etc.
54 7 (-8)  9 -1  add file locking
55 6 (-7)  7 -6  add GUI version that uses Qt (aka kvim)
56 5   3   improve the support for GTK
57 3   3   improve searching in the builtin help, add more tags
58 3   3   improve the Visual Studio interface (VisVim)
59 2 (-7)  5 -4  add a portable GUI toolkit for nice dialogs in Vim script
60 2 (-12)  9 -2  add more features to Vim scripting
61 2   2   add scope arguments to the ":tag" command (like Elvis)
62 2   2   improve the Tcl interface
63 2   2   reduce flicker by avoiding to clear the screen
64 1   1   improve the builtin help user manual
65 1   1   improve the on-line help reference manual
66 0 (-7)  3 -5  improve Vi compatibility, even the smallest detail
67 -2 (-2)  0 -1  improve the OLE interface
68 -5 (-7)  1 -3  reduce the size of the distribution (harddisk usage)
69 -6 (-6)  0 -3  improve the support for X Window with the Motif toolkit
70 -7 (-11)  4 -5  make installing and upgrading easier
71 -10 (-22)  6 -8  add more GUI functions (requesters, menus, dialogs)
72 -10 (-14)  2 -4  improve the Perl interface
73 -13 (-29)  10 -10  make Vim simpler to learn and easier to use
74 -79 (-87)  5 -30  stop adding features, there are enough already

156 registered Vim users and sponsors have entered votes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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