content/posts/2024-06-02-vim-books.md: add update with summary of both books

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@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ Unlike many technical books, the [EPUBs][epub] render very nicely in the
 [Page from "Practical Vim" rendered by the Kindle app on a Pixel 8
 Pro][example]
 
+**Update (2024-06-15):** I finished both books.  [Practical Vim][] is
+great and I recommend it.  [Modern Vim][] is a bit of a tossup:
+
+- Pros: The introduction to [neovim][] is helpful and so is the section
+  on [fzf][] integration.
+- Cons: Several chapters are a subset of material from [Practical
+  Vim][] (examples: chapters 2 and 4).  Also [Modern Vim][] does not
+  cover *modern* [Vim][] features like [the `terminal`
+  command][terminal], which I use regularly.
+
+To be fair, [`:terminal`][terminal] is mentioned briefly in the "What's
+Next for Vim 8" section of Appendix 1, and it was not included in a
+stable release until after [Modern Vim][] was published.
+
 [pragprog]: https://pragprog.com/
   "The Pragmatic Bookshelf"
 [drm]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
@@ -39,6 +53,8 @@ Pro][example]
   "electronic book"
 [vim]: https://www.vim.org/
   "Vi-improved text editor"
+[neovim]: https://neovim.io/
+  "hyperextensible Vim-based text editor"
 [very-magic]: https://vimhelp.org/pattern.txt.html#%2Fmagic
   "Documentation for magic settings in Vim, including the \\v \"very magic\" prefix."
 [kindle app]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Kindle_applications
@@ -61,3 +77,7 @@ Pro][example]
   "Pixel 8 Pro"
 [mobi]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobipocket
   "Mobipocket eBook file format"
+[terminal]: https://vimhelp.org/terminal.txt.html#terminal
+  "Vim terminal window support"
+[fzf]: https://junegunn.github.io/fzf/
+  "command-line fuzzy finder"