Alright Emacs bigots - Vim 8 is kicking and yes, you guessed it, can now save files (via I/O)! Besides, it now replaces RPM and Apt, FTW! The world is a warm and fuzzy place.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://lwn.net/Articles/700409/ Vim 8.0 released [Development] Posted Sep 12, 2016 17:42 UTC (Mon) by corbet The Vim editor project is celebrating its 8.0 release[1]. "This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes." New features include asynchronous I/O, jobs, a package system, GTK+ 3 support, and more. [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/CmiGxtJ7fn4