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No vim mode support?



This is the programmer/IDE-dweeb's version of "well yeah.. but does it run Linux?" Only half joking; the parent's comment is exactly what I thought after searching through the feature list.

It's funny how, when forced to work outside of vim, the first thing I (and at least one other person, it would seem) do is try to make the environment as vim-like as possible (with usually-mixed-to-unsatisfactory results).

Eclipse and Visual Studio are the only IDEs I can think of that, outside of The True Vim, support the "vim-like" editing paragidm with any robustness (viemu on VS2008 ($), vsvim on VS2010(free-as-in-beer).. I forget the name of Eclipse's premiere VS plugin.. but I know it's in the gallery.. there's also the "embed a vim window in Eclipse" thing, but I found it somewhat ackward). MonoDevelop has a core-support vim plugin, as well, but it's not-quite-there, yet (as of 2.6).

Anyone else have any preferred "not-vim-but-vim-like" editors, when forced to work outside of The Better IDE? (And I don't want to hear that viper-mode shit, either. It's a False Vim and you know it.. like the snake that tempted Adam and Eve into Sin!).


Komodo IDE does a great job with the Vim key bindings.

http://www.activestate.com/komodo-ide


Whoa! Thanks for the heads-up on VsVim. I'll be installing that tomorrow.

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ca71b3-a4a3-...


I use VsVim on a daily basis, and really like it, but I've also found that it can bog down the IDE a bit at times (especially if you've left VS running but are doing other things for awhile). It's not a deal-breaker for me, though.


By "not-vim-but-vim-like" do you mean modal editors?


Are there any other modal editors besides vim?


Every time I see a new shiny text editor for mac, I'm like "meh". I would have been excited in my pre-vim days, but now? Nothing touches vim, unless it improves on vim.




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