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The number of changes is huge. These are just the main new items:
Folding - momentarily hide part of the text
Vertically split windows - mixed with horizontal splits
Diff mode - show and remove differences between files
Easy Vim: click-and-type - for those who really don't like two modes
User manual - learn to use Vim, reads like a book
Flexible indenting - automatic indenting for any language
Extended search patterns - more regexp power than you will need
UTF-8 support - Unicode allows editing nearly all languages
Multi-language support - translated messages and menus
Plugin support - drop a script in a directory and you can use it
Filetype plugins - an easy way to setup for editing a type of file
File browser - browse directories, also on a terminal
Editing files over a network - read and write a remote file directly
command-line editing window - use any Vim command to edit an Ex command
Debugging mode - debug your Vim functions and scripts
Cursor in virtual position - edit tables and draw ASCII pictures
Debugger interface - use Vim with Sun Visual Workshop
Communication between Vims - let one Vim tell another Vim what to do
Printing - print with syntax colors
Quickfix extended - see error messages in a window and jump there
Writing files improved - rename or copy to make a backup file
Argument list - select groups of files to work on
Restore a View - save the looks of a window and restore it later
Color schemes - quickly switch between different color setups
New since version 5.6
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Not much:
- 19 new syntax files.
- "explorer.vim" script, works like a file browser.
And many bug fixes! This version is aimed at stability.
New since version 5.5
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Not much:
- New "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry for MS-Windows. Avoids problems with
the MS Office taskbar.
- 18 new syntax files.
- "z+" and "z^" commands.
And many bug fixes! This version is aimed at stability.
See ":help version-5.6" in Vim for the details.
