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-*netbeans.txt*  For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2016 Feb 18
+*netbeans.txt*  For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2016 Jul 15
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Gordon Prieur et al.
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 
 Check the specific project pages to see how to use Vim with these projects.
 
+An alternative is to use a channel, see |channel|.
+
 In the rest of this help page, we will use the term "Vim Controller" to
 describe the program controlling Vim through the NetBeans socket interface.