Two decades of productivity: Vim's 20th anniversary

[2011-11-26] Ryan Paul wrote a nice article after figuring out that Vim was born 20 years ago. That is the day Vim was first send out to the world. I have actually been working on it a big longer, let's consider that a pregnancy (without the side effects :-). You can find the full article here. (Bram Moolenaar)

Vim charity update

[2011-04-28] Vim users are encouraged to support needy children in Uganda, as a "thank you" for all the work. I have recently visited the project to see what they are doing with our donations. They are doing very well! Read my visit report, with lots of pictures, you can find it here. (Bram Moolenaar)

Recent Script Updates	3,875 scripts, 6,378,743 downloads

[2012-01-29]	vimpager : Use ViM as PAGER
	(1.6.7) * more intuitive arrow key behavior (patch by Iftekharul Haque) * add vimpager_ptree variable to hold the process tree (patch by Wei Dai) - Rafael Kitover
[2012-01-28]	tcmdbar.vim : Script for use with Total Commander's button bar
	(8) added  :let Tcmdbar_OpenIn='Ask'  to query the user with a dialog; when selecting two files, the dialog contains a "diff" button - Andy Wokula
[2012-01-28]	karma.vim : For given karma print how users possibly voted
	(4) NF: now also prints an average voting - Andy Wokula
[2012-01-28]	boolpat.vim : Boolean-logic patterns, based on LogiPat
	(0.1.1) BF: now adds the search pattern to the search history - Andy Wokula
[2012-01-28]	conomode.vim : Vi-style editing for the command line
	(0.6) Note: default key changed to CTRL-O Insert keys I i a A no longer prompt for input() NF: added motions %, | (bar), t and T NF: separate undo stacks, per cmdtype NF: g:conomode_emacs_keys to enable a few Emacs keys, Ctrl-W, Ctrl-Y (disabled per default) NF: (non-vi) gX to cut older undo states BF: added init folklore BF: better escaping when recording c{text}<Enter> BF: removed count limits... - Andy Wokula
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