It's easy to modify key bindings to emulate popular editors. For example, Emacs key bindings are trivial to emulate. But Vim/Vi don't just have keybindings; th

It's easy to modify key bindings to emulate popular editors. For example, Emacs key bindings are trivial to emulate. But Vim/Vi don't just have keybindings; they have modes. Emulating editor modes is a significant undertaking. It's not just a change to the settings file -- it requires a lot of programming work. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Microsoft to emulate Vim modes in VS Code. A plugin is your best bet.