Improvements to existing functionality:
0	fix all problems, big and small; make Vim more robust
0	improve the overall performance
0	improve the performance of Vim scripts (pre-parse them)
0	improve syntax highlighting speed
0	reduce the size of the executable and the runtime memory use
0	reduce the size of the distribution (harddisk usage)
0	improve the on-line help
0	improve Vi compatibility
0	improve compatibility of the Ex mode
0	improve the tutor (course for beginners)
0	improve the Perl interface
0	improve the TCL interface
0	improve the Cscope interface
0	improve the Visual Studio interface (VisVim)
0	improve the OLE interface
0	improve the 16 bit DOS version (avoid out-of-memory problems)
0	improve gvim to fit in the MS-Windows look&feel (with an option)
0	improve printing from gvim (File.Print menu entry)
0	improve the port for * (fill in a system name at the *. E.g. "VMS")
0	improve multi-byte character support
0	improve syntax highlighting functionality
0	improve command line completion
0	improve Insert mode completion
0	improve Visual block mode: more commands that work on blocks
0	improve the quickfix commands
0	improve 'viminfo' (keeping information when quitting Vim)
0	improve ":mksession" support (switch to a previously saved state)
0	impvove "gq" formatting of text (left&right justified, 'comments')

New functionality:
0	add a lot of small features, instead of a few big ones
0	add support for loading a shared library that defines new commands
0	add "open" mode, like the original Vi
0	add more GUI functions (requesters, menus, dialogs)
0	add configurable auto-indenting for many languages (like 'cindent')
0	add patterns to define sections/paragraphs for "{", "[[", "%", etc.
0	add more features to the internal scripting language
0	vertically split windows (side-by-side)
0	multiple top-level windows for one running Vim
0	make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program
0	add a shell window (to type and execute shell commands in)
0	be able to run a program in a Vim window, with an interface to it
0	be able to edit the command line with Vi commands
0	search patterns that cross line boundaries
0	add Perl compatible search patterns
0	add POSIX compatible search patterns
0	add a menu that lists all buffers
0	add scope arguments to the ":tag" command (like Elvis)
0	add folding (display only a selected part of the text)
0	add better support for editing files in projects (with ID utilities)
0	add handling for buffer-changed outside of Vim (when regaining focus)
0	add file locking
0	add a stack for saving/restoring options
0	add a special window for editing option values, with short docs
0	add more autocommand events (for ":cd", start Insert mode, etc.)
0	add on-the-fly spell checking
0	add an undo tree (be able to go back to any previous situation)
0	add persistent undo (undo to before the file was saved/loaded)
0	add a method to repeat a previously executed change ("c.", "d.", etc.)
0	add a command to repeat a whole mapping (not only its last change)
0	add option not to move the cursor when using a scrollbar
0	add option to move the cursor where there is no text in Visual mode
0	add option to move the cursor where there is no text in any mode
0	add mappings and abbreviations local to a buffer
0	add encryption for loading/storing files and for the swapfile
0	add a way to execute a command in multiple buffers/windows
0	add a way to disable (error) messages for a moment

The other way:
0	stop changing Vim, it's fine as it is
0	remove functionality, there is too much of it
0	make a "Vim lite" version, which is small and low on features


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