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diff --git a/README_VIM9.md b/README_VIM9.md index b3ca49f091..c9ce73a2d1 100644 --- a/README_VIM9.md +++ b/README_VIM9.md @@ -2,18 +2,17 @@ # What is Vim9? -This is an experimental side of [Vim](https://github.com/vim/vim). -It explores ways of making Vim script faster and better. +This is a new syntax for Vim script that was introduced with Vim 9.0. +It intends making Vim script faster and better. -WARNING: The Vim9 script features are still under development, anything can -break! # Why Vim9? ## 1. FASTER VIM SCRIPT The third item on the poll results of 2018, after popup windows and text -properties, is faster Vim script. So how do we do that? +properties, both of which have been implemented, is faster Vim script. +So how do we do that? I have been throwing some ideas around, and soon came to the conclusion that the current way functions are called and executed, with @@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ we can gain, and also that Vim script can be faster than builtin interfaces. LuaJit is much faster at Lua-only instructions. In practice the script would -not do something useless as counting but change the text. For example, +not do something useless counting, but change the text. For example, reindent all the lines: ``` vim |