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About NeoVIM I agree with everything except for the fact that - if I'm not mistaken, but maybe I am - the back-end is still tied to the VIM key bindings & modes
by qbi_ 10y ago
About NeoVIM I agree with everything except for the fact that - if I'm not mistaken, but maybe I am - the back-end is still tied to the VIM key bindings & modes. I don't think they plan on changing that.
Regardless of my personal preference, I always found it odd: the back-end should be independent of what I perceive as an interface "detail". Even if, in this case, the detail is part of the software's identity.
- viraptor 10y agoYes and no. NeoVIM is tied to key bindings as much as VIM is (so you can rebind basically anything). But yes, they basically redo VIM, so modes are definitely staying.
- qbi_ 10y agoThanks for the clarification. What I perceived, and maybe should have said above, was simply that it would be hard for me to make a simple GUI front-end which would follow CUA, for instance, while leveraging the solid back-end. Which is why I gladly welcome the xi project :)