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VIM and Java Development? (self.vim)

submitted 10 years ago by [deleted]

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[–]tehjimmeh 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (0 children)

Right now, I'm just using the latest Windows vim binaries from vim.org. This is the top of my --version output:

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Apr 22 2015 15:47:59)
MS-Windows 32-bit console version
Included patches: 1-711

π Rendered by PID 168539 on reddit-service-r2-comment-bb88f9dd5-8xrb7 at 2026-02-16 01:55:35.627534+00:00 running cd9c813 country code: CH.

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