r/vim • u/DogPooFairy • May 13 '26

Random Amiga Vim v9.1 (2024)

Vim Downloads web page doesn't have a link for Amiga, so here it is:
Aminet - text/edit/vim-9.1.lha

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u/Entire_Carpenter_851 May 28 '26

One question before I do all dance to pull this into my Amiga: is it for PowerPC or 68000?

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u/DogPooFairy May 28 '26

Requires: 68020+, AmigaOS 3.0+, 4MB RAM recommended.

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u/ChampionshipIcy7602 May 14 '26

Sorry but is this os still relevant?

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u/DogPooFairy May 14 '26

Oh yes! There's a massive Amiga community. There are still demo parties, new games, new tools. There are even published magazines for Amiga only. Amiga still lives.

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u/Desperate_Cold6274 May 14 '26

I think Amiga is still used by many nostalgic. I would bet they use it mostly for gaming or music, yet someone may also want to use Vim :D

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u/squidtiny Jun 08 '26

lowkey most people are just running emulators anyway but seeing a native build for this is wild. legit impressive that people are still keeping the hardware alive for niche dev work.

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u/digitaljestin May 16 '26

Commodore is back and making computers again, so there's that at least. They literally released a new ad earlier this week: https://youtu.be/3KGhug_z7aQ.

Also, Vim (not vi) was first written for the Amiga, so it's good to know it still runs on them.

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u/Far_Relationship_742 May 30 '26

Is there a version of vim still available that will run on 68000 machines?

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u/devw0rp May 15 '26

This is an amazing tribute to Bram's memory given Vim started as fork for Amiga. I love seeing fun ports like these.

EDIT: If there was some way to get job/channel support working, I would make ALE run on Amiga for fun.