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commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/82af8710bf8d1caeeceafb1370a052cb7d92f076 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jun 4 20:20:29 2016 +0200 Updated runtime files.
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1 *version8.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2016 Jun 04
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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6 NOTE: THIS FILE IS STILL BEING WORKED ON
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8 *vim8* *vim-8* *version-8.0* *version8.0*
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9 Welcome to Vim 8! A large number of bugs have been fixed and several
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10 features have been added. This file mentions all the new items and changes to
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12 found below |vim-7.4|. Use this command to see the version you are using: >
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13 :version
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15 See |vi_diff.txt| for an overview of differences between Vi and Vim 7.0.
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16 See |version4.txt|, |version5.txt|, |version6.txt| and |version7.txt| for
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17 differences between other versions.
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19 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES |incompatible-8|
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21 NEW FEATURES |new-8|
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23 Vim script enhancements |new-vim-script-8|
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25 IMPROVEMENTS |improvements-8|
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27 COMPILE TIME CHANGES |compile-changes-8|
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29 PATCHES |patches-8|
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33 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES *incompatible-8*
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36 run into a problem when upgrading from Vim 7.4 to 8.0.
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38 The support for MS-DOS has been removed. It hasn't been working for a while
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39 and removing it cleans up the code quite a bit.
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41 The support for Windows 16 bit (Windows 95 and older) has been removed.
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48 NEW FEATURES *new-8*
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50 First a list of the bigger new features. A comprehensive list is below.
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53 Asynchronous I/O support, channels ~
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57 |channel-demo| for an example, communicating with a Python server.
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60 easily be used for inter-process communication, allowing for writing a server
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61 in any language. The functions to use are |json_encode()| and |json_decode()|.
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64 Jobs ~
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72 Timers ~
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76 let tempTimer = timer_start(4000, 'CheckTemp')
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77 This will make a call four seconds (4000 milli seconds) later, like: >
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81 Partials ~
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87 let tempTimer = timer_start(4000, function('CheckTemp', ['out']))
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92 Packages ~
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98 desired. See |packages|.
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