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by tarruda 4289 days ago
I'm the project founder and also dislike it. I admit it was one of the first things that came to my head(The name was inspired by some of @Shougo plugins). If I knew the project would get so popular, I would have put more thought into it. Too late now :(

I hope eventually the community will just use the 'nvim' abbreviation to refer to Neovim, just like 'vim' is 'vi improved' abbreviated
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Slackwise 4289 days ago
> If I knew the project would get so popular, I would have put more thought into it.

It's alright. You're doing a great job though, regardless. I really can't wait till it's done!

> I hope eventually the community will just use the 'nvim'

Is there a chance the project might choose a different name? If not, nvim isn't so bad. It could be better, though. A good name is important.

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scott_karana 4289 days ago
Considering that there's already an "nvi", that might be confusing... but I agree, a name change may be warranted. (personally I like it)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvi

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ehsanu1 4289 days ago
There isn't usually too much confusion, at least among users, about the different between vi and vim. Also, have never heard of nvi, whereas nvim seems like it's going places.
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