patch 8.0.0504: looking up an Ex command is a bit slow commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e5e0fbcd4244d032a0635ad7defe2831f251c639 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Mar 25 14:51:01 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0504: looking up an Ex command is a bit slow Problem: Looking up an Ex command is a bit slow. Solution: Instead of just using the first letter, also use the second letter to skip ahead in the list of commands. Generate the table with a Perl script. (Dominique Pelle, closes #1589)

README_src.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

The source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on Unix systems.
It is packed for Unix systems (NL line separator).

For more information, see the README.txt file that comes with the runtime
archive (vim-8.0-rt.tar.gz).  To be able to run Vim you MUST get the runtime
archive too!