What's New Since Vim 9.0?

Since the release of version 9.0.0, Vim has introduced many exciting new features, such as Vim9 classes/interfaces and virtual text, which have significantly enhanced the overall user experience.

Here is a comprehensive list of new features introduced since Vim 9.0:

Vim 9.1

• 9.1.0572: new tabclose option to specify tab page closing behaviour.
• 9.1.0548: id() function
• 9.1.0509: bindtextdomain()
• 9.1.0507: CursorMovedC event to monitor cursor movement in command mode.
• 9.1.0500: popup_setbuf() to switch buffer in a popup.
• 9.1.0476: new highlighting groups: PmenuMatch and PmenuMatchSel to see matched text in popup menu.
• 9.1.0469: make completeopt to have buffer-local value
• 9.1.0465: copyfile() to copy file.
• 9.1.0439: new :filter :history to filter the history.
• 9.1.0394: getregionpos()
• 9.1.0393: support $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
• 9.1.0147: new winfixbuf option to prevent buffer switching in one window.
• 9.1.0120: getregion()
• 9.1.0071: diff() to compare lists or strings.
• 9.1.0059: WinNewPre event before creating a window.
• 9.1.0058: new :map-cmd-key, try :imap <D-b> bar
• 9.1.0027: foreach() function
• 9.1.0010: keymap completion
• 9.1.0009: new matchstrlist() and matchbufline() functions.

Vim 9.0

• 9.0.2183: new "maxfuncdepth" option
• 9.0.1950: new() function
• 9.0.1786: instanceof() function
• 9.0.1777: new v:python3_version
• 9.0.1776: python3-stable-api
• 9.0.1704: can use positional arguments for printf() .
• 9.0.1485: strutf16len() and utf16idx()
• 9.0.1276: new ":map-meta-keys", try imap <T-b> terrible
• 9.0.1212: new getcellwidths() function.
• 9.0.1122: new :autocmd-block
• 9.0.1031: vim9 class/interface.
• 9.0.1007: swapfilelist()
• 9.0.0819: new endofline and endoffile option
• 9.0.0881: new getmouseshape() function
• 9.0.0916: new getbufoneline() function.
• 9.0.0683: popup_findecho()
• 9.0.0647: new splitkeep option
• 9.0.0640: smoothscroll
• 9.0.0496: drop Windows-XP support. (PR #11089)
• 9.0.0449: keytrans()
• 9.0.0370: new ":defer" command to call function when current function is done.
• 9.0.0321: new ":echow" command to display message in a popup window.
• 9.0.0285: setcmdline()
• 9.0.0244: getscriptinfo()
• 9.0.0196: indexof() function to search item in list/string
• 9.0.0067: virtual-text
• 9.0.0009: matchbufline() and matchstrlist()
• 9.0.0007: terminal support for double, dotted and dashed underlines