Two years past version 7.2 was declared the latest version release of vim text editor support lau programming language as well as the latest version of phantom and Perl. Mr. Bram Moolenaar, Vim developer version 7.3 of this editor. Version 7.3 now support the programming language Lua and Python version 3.0, which means it can do syntax highlighting, making users easier to understand source code written in these languages more.

Lua is a scripting language, frequently used for embedded software and games, according to its maintenance. Python version 3.0, unveiled in 2008, is a chief update, not backward compatible to Python. Though Moolenaar not be published, users of the Perl programming language has been detected, Vim 7.3 seems to support (at least in a limited degree) beta of Perl 6. These new enhancements were also added support for version 5.10 of Perl software. Now, Vim 7.3 users can also encrypt and decrypt data with Blowfish encryption algorithm; conceal the length of the text; be able to undo (Undo) and redo (redo), many changes page after the user exit and restart the program.