Neovim
Neovim is a modal text editor forked off of Vim in 2014. Being modal means that you do not simply type text on screen, but the behavior and functionality of the editor changes entirely depending on the mode.
The most common and most used mode, the "normal mode" for Neovim is to essentially turn your keyboard in to hotkeys with which you can navigate and manipulate text. Several modes exist, but two other most common ones are "insert mode" where you type in text directly as if it was a traditional text editor, and "visual mode" where you select text.
Neovim seeks to enable further community participation in its development and to make drastic changes without turning it in to something that is "not Vim". Neovim also seeks to enable embedding the editor within GUI applications.
The Neovim logo by Jason Long is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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I've tried to go back recently, and have missed the intercompatability of this tool greatly along with my personal re-bindings, control over the system as a whole, alterations to my plugins, and the general flexibility of the terminal.
Why would I? If the features better suited my needs and the plugin system/general configuration at a much larger level were better than nvim or vim. Or, if my current system became impossible to use