These are the results of the votes. The first column shows the total number of points for a feature. This includes the negative votes, which are mentioned in parenthesis. The "voters" column shows the number people who voted for this feature and the number of voters that voted against this feature (with a minus sign). Thus this ignores the number of points someone has given. If you want to vote for Vim features, you have to become a registered Vim user or sponsor. See the sponsor page. points voters feature 1 156 (-4) 40 -1 improve syntax highlighting speed 2 154 (-15) 40 -8 add integration with Python instead of inventing more Vim script 3 126 (-8) 53 -3 fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust 4 103 30 improve the performance of scrolling and displaying 5 101 36 improve diff mode: automatic refresh, better merge support 6 81 (-8) 37 -5 add an indication what text was changed since editing started (change bar or diff) 7 76 (-17) 28 -6 support embedding of Vim in another GUI program 8 71 (-1) 28 -1 add collaborative editing: changes made to a buffer show up in another Vim in a second 9 68 18 improve the startup speed 10 63 32 improve syntax highlighting functionality 11 62 27 improve the Python interface 12 61 (-28) 37 -9 add IDE features (debugger integration, shell window) 13 57 (-2) 6 -1 support multiple top-level windows for one running Vim 14 55 (-6) 19 -2 improve the support for MacOS X 15 48 25 add more and better omni completion plugins 16 43 16 improve completion on the command line 17 42 22 improve the performance of Vim scripts (pre-compile them) 18 38 9 add flexible tab stops, can be used for tables 19 37 18 make it possible to set a different background color for inactive windows 20 37 11 improve multi-byte character support (e.g., 'langmap') 21 37 (-5) 19 -2 improve folding 22 34 17 add a menu that lists the most recently used files 23 34 10 improve Visual block mode; make Ex commands work on rectangles 24 33 14 improve 'cindent', auto-indenting for C and C++ 25 32 12 improve "gq" formatting of text (left&right justified, comments option) 26 31 8 lower the amount of memory that Vim uses when running 27 30 (-1) 13 -1 improve on-the-fly spell checking 28 30 10 improve flexible auto-indenting and support more languages 29 29 (-15) 22 -3 better plugin management system: automatic updates and dependencies 30 27 12 improve the performance of reading and writing files 31 27 9 improve the quickfix commands 32 26 13 improve completion in Insert mode 33 22 (-6) 11 -1 improve printing with ":hardcopy" 34 20 (-2) 13 -1 add diff/merge capability for CVS, like in emacs 35 20 10 add patterns to define section borders for "{", "[[", "%", etc 36 19 11 add syntax highlighting for more languages 37 16 5 improve the remote server functionality 38 15 10 add smart cut/paste: fix white space before and after pasted text 39 14 6 add a method to repeat a previous change ("c.", "d.", etc.) 40 12 (-1) 8 -1 add a command to repeat a whole mapping (not only its last change) 41 12 (-1) 7 -1 add option not to move the cursor when using a scrollbar 42 12 9 add vertical mode for operators (e.g., delete word in five lines) 43 11 7 improve the tutor (course for beginners) 44 11 5 improve the Cscope interface 45 10 (-4) 6 -1 improve the Ruby interface 46 10 7 improve ":mksession" support (switch to a previously saved state) 47 9 6 improve debug mode (debugging Vim scripts and functions) 48 9 4 add more autocommand events (for ":cd", jump to tag, etc.) 49 8 5 add autocommand events for Insert mode, before/after inserting a character 50 7 2 add better support for editing files in projects (with ID utils) 51 7 5 improve the support for GTK 52 7 4 improve the on-line help user manual 53 6 (-1) 6 -1 make it possible to use Vim as a plugin in Eclipse 54 6 (-16) 7 -10 add GUI version that uses Qt (aka kvim) 55 6 2 add scope arguments to the ":tag" command (like Elvis) 56 6 (-1) 3 -1 improve 'viminfo' (keeping information when quitting Vim) 57 5 5 improve the on-line help reference manual 58 5 2 improve searching in the on-line help, add more tags 59 5 (-3) 6 -3 make installing and upgrading easier 60 3 (-6) 2 -2 add GUI dialog to record/stop/play a keystroke macro 61 2 (-6) 5 -3 add file locking 62 2 (-12) 7 -6 add a portable GUI toolkit for nice dialogs in Vim script 63 2 1 add an "open" mode, like the original Vi 64 1 (-13) 8 -2 add more features to Vim scripting 65 1 1 improve the Tcl interface 66 0 (-1) 1 -1 add editing of a hidden buffer (useful in scripts only) 67 0 (-8) 5 -1 improve the Perl interface 68 0 (-7) 2 -3 reduce the size of the distribution (harddisk usage) 69 -1 (-1) 0 -1 improve the support for X Window with the Motif toolkit 70 -1 (-6) 2 -1 create a vim-script maillist, for announcements about new and updated scripts 71 -1 (-3) 2 -2 improve the Visual Studio interface (VisVim) 72 -1 (-1) 0 -1 improve the OLE interface 73 -2 (-2) 0 -2 improve the support for X Window with the Athena toolkit 74 -2 (-3) 1 -3 translate the on-line help to German, French, Spanish, etc. 75 -6 (-16) 3 -8 add more GUI functions (requesters, menus, dialogs) 76 -7 (-18) 7 -6 improve the support for MS-Windows 77 -12 (-19) 7 -9 make Vim simpler to learn and easier to use 78 -16 (-16) 0 -9 improve Vi compatibility, even the smallest detail 79 -20 (-22) 1 -10 improve the support for MacOS 9 and earlier 80 -31 (-36) 2 -14 make Vim available as a .net object 81 -61 (-69) 4 -27 stop adding features, there are enough already 166 registered Vim users and sponsors have entered votes.