> I mean what are the tangible, user-facing advantages of NeoVim over Vim?
Hard to answer really. I mean, what are the tangible, user-facing advantages of having llvm/clang over only having gcc? of libressl over openssl? Chances are you aren't targeting libclang in your code so does it really matter if it exists, from a user-facing perspective?
I recall neovim started like many projects, because some folks wanted to add stuff, clean up, change directions slightly, etc, and the current project at the time basically didn't want to do it. Consider that at some point in the past a person probably asked the same question you are asking, except about vim vs vi.
Not 100% sure but neovim added several feature first: a better cross-platform input method (libuv); asynchronous plug-ins; a terminal emulator; probably others - and some of these features have bled into vim. Essentially, pressure and feature competition from neovim has improved vim. Neovim has done a bunch of other cleanup; as far as user-facing advantages it would mostly come down to better plug-in architecture and possibly better plug-ins.
> I mean what are the tangible, user-facing advantages of NeoVim over Vim?
Hard to answer really. I mean, what are the tangible, user-facing advantages of having llvm/clang over only having gcc? of libressl over openssl? Chances are you aren't targeting libclang in your code so does it really matter if it exists, from a user-facing perspective?
I recall neovim started like many projects, because some folks wanted to add stuff, clean up, change directions slightly, etc, and the current project at the time basically didn't want to do it. Consider that at some point in the past a person probably asked the same question you are asking, except about vim vs vi.
Not 100% sure but neovim added several feature first: a better cross-platform input method (libuv); asynchronous plug-ins; a terminal emulator; probably others - and some of these features have bled into vim. Essentially, pressure and feature competition from neovim has improved vim. Neovim has done a bunch of other cleanup; as far as user-facing advantages it would mostly come down to better plug-in architecture and possibly better plug-ins.