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News	Vim 9.1.1122 is the current version

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)

Bram Moolenaar receives the Europe SFS Award by the FSFE posthumously

[2024-11-08] Bram has been posthumously honored by the Free Software Foundation Europe and received the Europe SFS Award 2024. (Christian Brabandt)

Support for the XDG Base Directory Specification

[2024-04-18] Patch 9.1.327 brings support for the freedesktop XDG Base Directory Specification and has now been merged. A few more adjustments have been made withe following patches: v9.1.0337 and 9.1.345. That means, you can now place your configuration files under ~/.config/vim/ instead of ~/.vim so Vim will stop littering your home directory. Note: To make this change backwards compatible, Vim will only attempt to source from that location, if ~/.vim/vimrc and ~/.vimrc file do not exist. So it won't impact existing users, but users that want to start using the new location, will need to move their existing configuration to the new place. You can also read about it at :h xdg-base-dir. Thanks to all the contributors that help Vim continuing to grow! (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	5,965 scripts, 19,204,667 downloads

[2025-02-18]	bufexplorer.zip : Buffer Explorer / Browser
	(7.6.0) Another Major patch implemented by Dr. Michael Henry. - https://github.com/jlanzarotta/bufexplorer/pull/119   * Sorting by fullname now depends only on the buffer's absolute path using a new sorting mechanism. Other sort modes have been converted to use this mechanism as well.    * Display of directory buffers is now suppressed when g:bufExplorerShowDirectories == 0 as described in the BufExplo... - jeff lanzarotta
[2025-02-15]	decvers.vim : DEC style backup files
	(1.0) Initial upload - Mark Manning
[2025-02-14]	Studio98 : A Vim colorscheme inspired by the IDEs of the Windows 98/NT era.
	(1.0) Initial upload - Jan Zwiener
[2025-02-11]	KeepText : Keep only {motion} text in lines or the buffer.
	(1.00) Initial upload - Ingo Karkat
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