Vim 9.2 Released with Enhanced Scripting Language, Improved Completion Features, and Experimental Wayland Support
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Summary
Vim 9.2 has been released with significant enhancements to the Vim9 scripting language, improved diff mode, comprehensive completion features including fuzzy matching and register-based completion, and platform-specific improvements including experimental Wayland support. The release brings new 'completeopt' flags and various other improvements to the popular text editor.
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Vim 9.2 brings significant enhancements to the Vim9 scripting language, improved diff mode, comprehensive completion features, and platform-specific improvements including experimental Wayland support.
Added support for fuzzy matching during insert-mode completion and the ability to complete words directly from registers (CTRL-X CTRL-R).
Article URL: https://www.vim.org/vim-9.2-released.php
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015330
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