Neovim 0.7 is coming soon: An extensible text editor based on Vim

Neovim 0.7 is coming soon: An extensible text editor based on Vim

Neovim 0.7 is coming soon: An extensible text editor based on Vim. 

Neovim 0.7 is currently in the stabilization phase and is expected to be released on April 15th.

Major changes

• Added lua autocommands
• Added lua keymap API
• Added lua command API
• Support global namespace lua highlighting (pure lua color scheme)
• Global statusline
• Supported by nvim_buf_set_extmarksetting signs
• Provides the ability to <Tab>differentiate from<C-I>
• filetype.luafiletype( faster alternative to a single autocommand for matching rules)
• :lua =expr, try:lua ={test = true}

Other updates are common bug fixes, ported Vim patches, and performance improvements.

Neovim is a fork of Vim aimed at improving the codebase, allowing easier API implementation, improved user experience and plugin implementation.

Neovim has 30% less source code than Vim.

Its goals are:

• Refactor code to improve maintenance
• Implement new advanced features
• Demonstrate a better and more powerful plugin system
• Open development model, accepting contributions at any time, and the acceptance criteria are also very clear.

Characteristic:

• modern graphical user interface
• Access APIs from any language, including C/C++, C#, Clojure, D, Elixir, Go, Haskell, Java,
• JavaScript/Node.js, Julia, Lisp, Lua, Perl, Python, Racket, Ruby, Rust
• Embedded, scriptable terminal emulator
• Asynchronous job control
• Shared data (shada) between multiple editor instances.
• Support XDG base directory
• Compatible with most Vim plugins, including Ruby and Python plugins