Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
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Re: Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
#2I didn't try it. But I surfed the website and watched the animations.
I am using stock Neovim on the console. For completion I switched to nvim-cmp https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp. Onivim also provides (based on the screencasts) completion. Do they leverage their own coded completion engine or are they using nvim-plugins and only render the UI over this completion?
My point is there will always be an impedance mismatch between functionality provided by plugins compared to what a UI provider thinks has to be coded in their respective implementation.
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#3Cool, but vim-for-money? When there's normal vim and neovim and vscode and evil-emacs? I think that text editors, even with fancy chrome are a pretty busy market with lots of good free-beer offerings.
Re: Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
#4I didn't try it. But I surfed the website and watched the animations. I am using stock Neovim on the console. For completion I switched to nvim-cmp https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp . Onivim also provides (based on the screencasts) completion. Do they leverage their own coded completion engine or are they using nvim-plugins and only render the UI over this completion? My point is there will always be an impedance m…
Seems that the idea is to implement vscode APIs and use the vscode plugin host and backend system for extensibility.
Re: Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
#5I didn't try it. But I surfed the website and watched the animations. I am using stock Neovim on the console. For completion I switched to nvim-cmp https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp . Onivim also provides (based on the screencasts) completion. Do they leverage their own coded completion engine or are they using nvim-plugins and only render the UI over this completion? My point is there will always be an impedance m…
It's on the homepage - they aim to support the full VS Code extensions API and that is how they power language features like completion.
I've been keeping an eye on onivim for a long time and think it has a lot of potential. Last time I tried it it still had too many rough edges to try and use as a daily driver, though.
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#6I'm using Vim and VSCode+Vim side by side. They both work well. Though the Onivim sounds cool, it's unclear to me how they would fit in the spectrum.
Re: Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
#7I didn't try it. But I surfed the website and watched the animations. I am using stock Neovim on the console. For completion I switched to nvim-cmp https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp . Onivim also provides (based on the screencasts) completion. Do they leverage their own coded completion engine or are they using nvim-plugins and only render the UI over this completion? My point is there will always be an impedance m…
Neither.
> Onivim is capable of loading VSCode extensions
Re: Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
#8I didn't try it. But I surfed the website and watched the animations. I am using stock Neovim on the console. For completion I switched to nvim-cmp https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp . Onivim also provides (based on the screencasts) completion. Do they leverage their own coded completion engine or are they using nvim-plugins and only render the UI over this completion? My point is there will always be an impedance m…
Seems that the idea is to implement vscode APIs and use the vscode plugin host and backend system for extensibility.
Why not just write a Vim plugin for VSCode then though? Which already exists.
Re: Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor
#9>combining the modal ergonomics of Vim, the quick and responsive feel of a native app
but, but... vim is a native app?
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#10This looks cool - I hope that the model of "pay for binaries but free to compile yourself" works out even without making the build process too convoluted.