Recently the nvim 0.7.2 version is released following the 0.7.0 release two months ago. Here are some of the updates in 0.7.0.

Python 2 support is removed

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Python 2 support is dropped since nvim 0.7.0. So command :py and :py3 works the same now.

Mappings

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• there is a new vim.keymap.set() interface, where you can set mapping for multiple modes at the same time.
• support desc field for mappings, which is used to describe what the mapping does. Check this commit.

Easier inspection of lua table

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• we can use :lua =expr: quickly print the value of an expression, e.g., :lua =vim will print the vim table.
• The function vim.pretty_print() can print lua tables nicely. Use vim.pretty_print() to show the content of a lua object

Autocmd in lua

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You can now use native lua function to create autocmd in Lua, no more vim.cmd() hack. See :h nvim_create_automcmd for the details.

Create command in lua

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You can now create command in lua via function nvim_create_user_command().

Filetype.lua

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The old way of detecting filetypes from vim is slow. So the new filetype.lua is introduced to reduce the time. TL;DR, add the following config to init.vim

" use filetype.lua instead of filetype.vim
let g:do_filetype_lua = 1
let g:did_load_filetypes = 0

or use

vim.g.do_filetype_lua = 1
vimg.did_load_filetypes = 0

if you use init.lua.

Global statusline

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Want to use a single statusline for all the windows? Now it is possible, with the following setting:

set laststatus=3

References

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• https://neovim.io/news/2022/04
• https://gpanders.com/blog/whats-new-in-neovim-0-7/
• Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31039569