There are so many GUIs maintained by one or two people that many of them have been abandoned (because people are busy).These (generous) people are busy, and a Neovim GUI is probably a hobby project, so the developers might not have time or interest in adding lots of features that they don’t personally want, or even to fix bugs that they don’t encounter.There are so many GUIs that each GUI is maintained by one or a few people.I don’t fault any of the GUI developers for this! Not their fault. So far, none of the ones that seemed worth trying have been suitable for me. And existing lists of GUIs don’t give me much help in figuring whether it’s worth trying out a GUI or not.Or have most of the features I want but still have significant bugs.And some of those that run well lack basic features that I want.Many of the GUIs won’t build on my system (or maybe they would with some effort–I am willing to put in the effort–but I can’t tell whether it’s worth it, because…).Having too many would not be a problem if it was easy to find one that suited one’s needs, but it’s not: There are too many Neovim GUIs to choose from ….I use Vim in terminals, too, but for sustained work I want scrolling with a trackpad, cutting and pasting to other apps, being able to drag dividers between internal vim windows using a mouse, and other GUI features. (I imagine that there are others like me.)įor me, running in a GUI is a practical need. And Neovim seems like a generally better Vim. ![]() ![]() There’s a tool I want to use that’s only available for Neovim, not Vim. Please don’t be offended by an outsider’s perspective.
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