3 ms·
Something that annoys me is that the only good thing about vim is the idea of composable modal actions. Don't get me wrong, that feature alone is powerful enou
by torben-friis 4y ago
Something that annoys me is that the only good thing about vim is the idea of composable modal actions.
Don't get me wrong, that feature alone is powerful enough to choose vim as your editor of choice, but... There is no reason whatsoever why you couldn't have an editor with 2022's standards of UX and newbie friendliness that makes use of the same idea; it just hasn't happened.
Even when modern editors adapt vim functionality as a plugin, they just replicate the original design choices. Esc to escape insertion mode is clearly a stupid choice in a modern keyboard setup, but we keep it as a default; we just haven't moved past the original decision.
Has anyone heard of a (serious / developed) effort to create such a product?
- thanatropism 4y agoIt's janky, but does lapce fit your bill?
- torben-friis 4y agoI just took a look and the docs only say there’s “vim like modal editing”. Given there’s no more info I guess it’s just vim mode? There doesn’t seem to be an effort to redesign it at least.
- Panzer04 4y agoI guess vim keybinds are so ubiquitous it’s probably more valuable to stick with them. If you are truly offended by a particular choice, you can always change them.
- RMPR 4y ago> Has anyone heard of a (serious / developed) effort to create such a product? The closest I can think of is Helix. > Esc to escape insertion mode is clearly a stupid choice in a modern keyboard setup, but we keep it as a default; we just haven't moved past the original decision. Nitpicking a bit, but you can also escape insert mode with Ctrl+[ and alt+any normal mode keybinding. I tend to use alt+h/j/k/l but nothing prevents you from doing for e.g. alt+u to escape insert mode while undoing the previous action.