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What's the state of vim plugins for VS Code? I would love to use it for Go programming but I'm so used to vim key bindings that it's hard to switch. I can use

What's the state of vim plugins for VS Code? I would love to use it for Go programming but I'm so used to vim key bindings that it's hard to switch. I can use IntelliJ because their vim plugin is pretty good; anything of similar quality for VS Code?

jzelinskie 10y ago
It's pretty poor; expect only the basics of moving. I don't think this is a technical problem though, just a plugin maturity problem.
- pc86 10y ago
  Sounds like they should use IntelliJ to write a VSC plugin so they can switch to VSC :)
  - moosingin3space 10y ago
    I'd really like to see them use neovim to interpret commands. IIRC there's an Atom plugin for just that.
sethammons 10y ago
I'm not much of a vim user, but vs code is _amazing_ for programming in Go. I dropped sublime after about 30 seconds of use and have not looked back.
kentor 10y ago
Same. Deal breaking for me. Pretty hard to use without ci commands.
atonse 10y ago
Yup the only reason I'm currently using Atom over VS Code is because of the VIM bindings, even though pretty much everything else about VSC is better (including feeling more snappy)
KurtMueller 10y ago
I was just using vs code now with vim bindings and was running into roadblocks. For example, 23G doesn't go to line 23. d5d doesn't delete 5 lines. Vim key bindings still have a way to go.
StevePerkins 10y ago
I've tried three, and VimStyle has been the best by far. The plugin marketplace shows it having a lower number of installs, but that's probably due to it being a bit later to market than the others.
jaytaylor 10y ago
Unfortunately it's not on par with actual vim or what you get with Sublime and IntelliJ. The vscode vim plugin mostly emulates the modality of vim, without support for things like :%s/x/y/ substitutions and other commands. I'm hoping that with time it will mature and improve. Haven't seen any improvements over the last few months though (I last tried it about 2 or 3 weeks ago).

jzelinskie 10y ago

It's pretty poor; expect only the basics of moving. I don't think this is a technical problem though, just a plugin maturity problem.

pc86 10y ago
Sounds like they should use IntelliJ to write a VSC plugin so they can switch to VSC :)
- moosingin3space 10y ago
  I'd really like to see them use neovim to interpret commands. IIRC there's an Atom plugin for just that.

sethammons 10y ago

I'm not much of a vim user, but vs code is _amazing_ for programming in Go. I dropped sublime after about 30 seconds of use and have not looked back.

kentor 10y ago

Same. Deal breaking for me. Pretty hard to use without ci commands.

atonse 10y ago

Yup the only reason I'm currently using Atom over VS Code is because of the VIM bindings, even though pretty much everything else about VSC is better (including feeling more snappy)

KurtMueller 10y ago

I was just using vs code now with vim bindings and was running into roadblocks. For example, 23G doesn't go to line 23. d5d doesn't delete 5 lines. Vim key bindings still have a way to go.

StevePerkins 10y ago

I've tried three, and VimStyle has been the best by far. The plugin marketplace shows it having a lower number of installs, but that's probably due to it being a bit later to market than the others.

jaytaylor 10y ago

Unfortunately it's not on par with actual vim or what you get with Sublime and IntelliJ. The vscode vim plugin mostly emulates the modality of vim, without support for things like :%s/x/y/ substitutions and other commands. I'm hoping that with time it will mature and improve. Haven't seen any improvements over the last few months though (I last tried it about 2 or 3 weeks ago).