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Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Re: Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Post by vhakulinen »

jagged-chisel wrote: post #2

> VSCode Plugin Support Given this, and that there's at least one vim plugin for VSCode, is Onivim a serious alternative? How does VSCode+vscodevim compare to Onivim?

Oni was/is build completely on top of neovim and oni2 turned vim (not neovim) into a library and builds on top of that.

I suppose the vscode plugin support is implemented in similar fashion as coc[1] does it.

1: https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim

Re: Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Post by rudolph9 »

I feel like a curmudgeon when say this but tools that make me leave my terminal ultimately never sit well. It always feels so limiting when you hit the point where you’re digging through the guts of some framework that basically a web app packaged as a desktop app.

I see why people use it and maybe it not even a web app but I’m old enough to know vim gets me everything I need and using some ide desktop app is going to cost me more time in the long run.

For context, one of my biggest pet peeve is my dependence on desktop web browser. I wish I could actually be productive using something lynx.

Re: Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Post by bauerd »

rudolph9 wrote: post #4

I feel like a curmudgeon when say this but tools that make me leave my terminal ultimately never sit well. It always feels so limiting when you hit the point where you’re digging through the guts of some framework that basically a web app packaged as a desktop app. I see why people use it and maybe it not even a web app but I’m old enough to know vim gets me everything I need and using some ide desktop app is going t…

Fully agree. Primary reason I use emacs is because I can run it in my terminal (and I never got the hang of modal editing). All my readline shortcuts just work everywhere there, and copypasting from the tmux scrollback buffer is a breeze

Re: Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Post by mkl »

The licensing is a bit complicated. It is not really open source, until later, when it is:

"∙ Free for non-commercial and educational use."

"∙ Commercial use requires the purchase of a license."

and then

"Because of the support we've received from open source communities, we've decided to dual-license the code after 18 months - every commit, starting with 017c513, will be dual-licensed via the MIT License 18 months from that commit's date to master."

Re: Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Post by skrebbel »

underdeserver wrote: post #5

Looks really nice, and it's cool to see something like this implemented in reason (OCaml really), but I don't see $35 worth of value compared to VSCode or MacVIM.

If you're going to stare at your editor much of every workday, does the price really matter that much? Even if it only makes you a bit happier than alternatives do, the price difference per hour used will be tiny.

I'd wager most software developers can shell out $35 on a whim.

Re: Onivim 2: Lightweight, Modal Code Editor

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Post by O_H_E »

mkl wrote: post #7

The licensing is a bit complicated. It is not really open source, until later, when it is: "∙ Free for non-commercial and educational use." "∙ Commercial use requires the purchase of a license." and then "Because of the support we've received from open source communities, we've decided to dual-license the code after 18 months - every commit, starting with 017c513, will be dual-licensed via the MIT License 18 months f…

It is really intriguing to see how this works for them. Making money from normal open source projects is really hard. I am really hoping to see some innovation in this sector (FOSS+Economical sustainability) sooner rather than later.
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