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+**Added:**
+
+* Subprocess mode now supports subshells. Place any xonsh
+  code between two parentheses, e.g. ``(cmd)``, to run
+  this command in a separate xonsh subprocess.
+
+**Changed:** None
+
+**Deprecated:** None
+
+**Removed:** None
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Certain vim commands issue commands involving subshells,
+  and this is now supported.
+
+**Security:** None