Highlights of this release include:
— Limited form of concurrency with Lisp threads
— Support for optional display of line numbers in the buffer
— Emacs now uses double buffering to reduce flicker on the X Window System
— Flymake has been completely redesigned
— TRAMP has a new connection method for Google Drive
— New single-line horizontal scrolling mode
— A systemd user unit file is provided
— Support for 24-bit colors on capable text terminals

The main new feature of Vim 8.1 is support for running a terminal in a Vim window. This builds on top of the asynchronous features added in Vim 8.0. The terminal window can be used for many purposes, here are a few examples:

Run a command, such as "make", while continuing to edit in other windows. The progress of the command can be observed, the terminal window is continuously updated.
Run a shell where you can execute a series of commands.
Use the new terminal debugger plugin for debugging inside Vim. This is especially useful over an ssh connection, when opening other terminals is not possible or impractical. I use this to fix problems in Vim when travelling.

Highlights of this release include:
— Limited form of concurrency with Lisp threads
— Support for optional display of line numbers in the buffer
— Emacs now uses double buffering to reduce flicker on the X Window System
— Flymake has been completely redesigned
— TRAMP has a new connection method for Google Drive
— New single-line horizontal scrolling mode
— A systemd user unit file is provided
— Support for 24-bit colors on capable text terminals

The main new feature of Vim 8.1 is support for running a terminal in a Vim window. This builds on top of the asynchronous features added in Vim 8.0. The terminal window can be used for many purposes, here are a few examples:

Run a command, such as "make", while continuing to edit in other windows. The progress of the command can be observed, the terminal window is continuously updated.
Run a shell where you can execute a series of commands.
Use the new terminal debugger plugin for debugging inside Vim. This is especially useful over an ssh connection, when opening other terminals is not possible or impractical. I use this to fix problems in Vim when travelling.