Vim 9.1 Text Editor Adds Smooth Scroll Support, New :defer Command & More

Vim 9.1 Text Editor Adds Smooth Scroll Support, New :defer Command, and More

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Marius Nestor
Jan 8, 2024

Vim 9.1 comes one and a half years after the major Vim 9.0 release and implements a handful of new features like smooth scroll support, a new :defer command to help clean up a function, support for adding virtual-text to a buffer, as well as support for Vim9 classes and objects for the Vim9 scripting language.

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Marius Nestor

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