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vim modes in IDEs are often inadequate (if this is not immediately obvious, you probably just don't use vim as fully as possible). The IDEs are often (too) comp
by feanaro 7y ago
vim modes in IDEs are often inadequate (if this is not immediately obvious, you probably just don't use vim as fully as possible). The IDEs are often (too) complex in the sense of a hodgepodge of GUI options and menus which are hard to navigate. You often can't put the IDE configuration in a version control system easily. IDEs are often sluggish. The plugin system for vim is superior to most IDEs.
It's not that using an IDE with a vim mode is not a possible viable alternative, but it's a game of trade-offs, as usual.
- pvinis 7y agoI agree completely. For me, for now, I have vscode with vim emulation. I find that it's more convenient to have everything vscode has + vim keys for a lot of things, than have all of vim + try to make vim do what I like from vscode. I really hope in the future I'll find the time to do that, but for now I am content. It's always a trade-off.
- cagmz 7y agoHave you noticed any sluggishness when using Vim commands in VS Code? I use nvim + tmux as my go to and it's pretty responsive (still has trouble catching up to me sometimes) but I often have to wait for VS Code.
- pvinis 7y agoI have to wait sometimes, but normally it's fast. It's only when (I think) somehow the vim emulation bugs out that I need to wait a couple of seconds or just hit esc 5 times. Thankfully it's not often.