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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
1 173 (-2)  61 -1  add IDE features (debugger integration, shell window)
2 164 (-33)  52 -6  add integration with Python instead of inventing more Vim script
3 124 (-2)  39 -2  fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust
4 103 (-20)  41 -6  support embedding of Vim in another GUI program
5 98 (-15)  44 -5  add persistent undo: undo is still possible after exiting Vim
6 95   40   add an indication what text was changed since editing started (change bar or diff)
7 87 (-2)  19 -1  improve diff mode: automatic refresh, better merge support
8 62 (-6)  34 -1  add more and better omni completion plugins
9 56 (-38)  34 -13  make it possible to use Vim as a plugin in Eclipse
10 54 (-7)  18 -3  add collaborative editing: changes made to a buffer show up in another Vim in a second
11 54   26   improve folding
12 53   22   improve the Python interface
13 50 (-8)  19 -4  add a strong encryption method
14 49 (-3)  19 -2  improve the support for MacOS X
15 48   24   improve syntax highlighting speed
16 46 (-8)  16 -8  add GUI version that uses Qt (aka kvim)
17 37 (-1)  20 -1  improve Visual block mode; make Ex commands work on rectangles
18 35 (-1)  13 -1  add option not to move the cursor when using a scrollbar
19 33   15   support multiple top-level windows for one running Vim
20 31 (-1)  10 -1  add flexible tab stops, can be used for tables
21 30   6   add the conceal patch from Vince Negri
22 30   14   improve flexible auto-indenting and support more languages
23 29   17   improve syntax highlighting functionality
24 27   18   improve completion in Insert mode
25 26 (-4)  9 -1  improve the Perl interface
26 25   16   improve the performance of scrolling and displaying
27 24   14   improve 'cindent', auto-indenting for C and C++
28 24   14   add smart cut/paste: fix white space before and after pasted text
29 21   13   improve completion on the command line
30 20   7   improve multi-byte character support (e.g., 'langmap')
31 20   5   improve the support for GTK
32 19 (-8)  14 -4  add diff/merge capability for CVS, like in emacs
33 18   11   add vertical mode for operators (e.g., delete word in five lines)
34 17   13   improve "gq" formatting of text (left&right justified, comments option)
35 15   10   create a vim-script maillist, for announcements about new and updated scripts
36 15   4   improve printing with ":hardcopy"
37 14   7   improve the remote server functionality
38 14 (-5)  11 -2  add encryption for the swapfile
39 14 (-11)  9 -5  add a portable GUI toolkit for nice dialogs in Vim script
40 12 (-3)  12 -1  add a menu that lists the most recently used files
41 12   9   improve ":mksession" support (switch to a previously saved state)
42 11   4   add a command to repeat a whole mapping (not only its last change)
43 11 (-1)  7 -1  improve the tutor (course for beginners)
44 9   8   add a method to repeat a previous change ("c.", "d.", etc.)
45 9   8   improve the startup speed
46 8 (-2)  1 -2  improve the OLE interface
47 8   4   improve the quickfix commands
48 7   5   improve the performance of reading and writing files
49 7   3   add syntax highlighting for more languages
50 7 (-4)  9 -1  improve on-the-fly spell checking
51 7 (-4)  10 -1  improve the Ruby interface
52 6 (-7)  6 -4  add GUI dialog to record/stop/play a keystroke macro
53 5   2   add more autocommand events (for ":cd", jump to tag, etc.)
54 5 (-1)  5 -1  improve the Cscope interface
55 5   5   add autocommand events for Insert mode, before/after inserting a character
56 5   2   improve the on-line help user manual
57 4   3   add scope arguments to the ":tag" command (like Elvis)
58 4   4   lower the amount of memory that Vim uses when running
59 4   4   add patterns to define section borders for "{", "[[", "%", etc
60 4 (-4)  4 -1  make installing and upgrading easier
61 4 (-4)  5 -1  add file locking
62 4   4   translate the on-line help to German, French, Spanish, etc.
63 3 (-9)  4 -6  improve the support for MS-Windows
64 3   3   improve searching in the on-line help, add more tags
65 3   2   improve 'viminfo' (keeping information when quitting Vim)
66 2   2   improve debug mode (debugging Vim scripts and functions)
67 2   2   improve the on-line help reference manual
68 2 (-1)  1 -1  improve the performance of Vim scripts (pre-compile them)
69 2   2   add better support for editing files in projects (with ID utils)
70 1   1   add an "open" mode, like the original Vi
71 1   1   improve the support for X Window with the Athena toolkit
72 -1 (-7)  5 -6  make Vim simpler to learn and easier to use
73 -2 (-5)  2 -4  add more features to Vim scripting
74 -2 (-6)  2 -3  improve the Tcl interface
75 -3 (-3)  0 -2  improve the support for X Window with the Motif toolkit
76 -5 (-6)  1 -4  reduce the size of the distribution (harddisk usage)
77 -10 (-15)  5 -8  improve the Visual Studio interface (VisVim)
78 -11 (-24)  3 -14  add more GUI functions (requesters, menus, dialogs)
79 -17 (-17)  0 -9  improve the support for MacOS 9 and earlier
80 -27 (-30)  2 -20  improve Vi compatibility, even the smallest detail
81 -30 (-39)  4 -22  stop adding features, there are enough already
82 -35 (-47)  3 -25  make Vim available as a .net object
83 -39 (-39)  0 -18  improve the 16 bit DOS version (avoid out-of-memory problems)

175 registered Vim users and sponsors have entered votes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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