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I used Evil for 5-6 years. Meow is another great modal system for Emacs.
Meow is really interesting for me as I never used Vim much. Meow seems to provide the benefits of modal editing with most seamless integration in Emacs. https://github.com/meow-edit/meow
I want a vi layer for helix. I don't want to have any vimrc configuration, just open my editor and have LSP and everything working immediately. I just can't figure out how to switch to helix keybindings.
Learn to use multiple cursors in Helix - many of the things I have found lacking from Vi - eg pressing . doesn't work the same way in Helix - can be made up with more or less by using multiple cursors.
I used that settings for a few years, then tried to move entirely to vim, and now I'm very happy with vscode + vim. I like vim as a touch typer, I think it's a setting that minimize end motions. It's also very convenient in the terminal. On the other hand, I think it's not convenient as an IDE: too many shortcuts, clumsy integration with LSPs, especially when you need to work with different languages. For me it works…
For local development I use Webstorm, Rubymine, intellij etc. with IdeaVim, this is mainly because I prefer not fiddling around with plugins and configs I want my IDE to “just work” no matter what language I am using.
For writing project plans, design docs, etc. I used to use spacemacs for org mode with vim integration but now I have found myself switching to Obsidian (which has vim keybindings) and I have been dabbling in Quarto with VSCode but I haven’t settled on a good workflow.
Spacemacs is also nice because you can use magit if you want. But I don’t recommend using eMacs or vim as your main IDE because, like you said, the auto complete tools like intellisense and GitHub copilot integrations in other IDEs just work a lot better.
I generally now just feel like I want my development environment (laptop, ide, shell) to “just work” I want to spend as little time as possible configuring that stuff and I just want to focus on actually building stuff.
I used that settings for a few years, then tried to move entirely to vim, and now I'm very happy with vscode + vim. I like vim as a touch typer, I think it's a setting that minimize end motions. It's also very convenient in the terminal. On the other hand, I think it's not convenient as an IDE: too many shortcuts, clumsy integration with LSPs, especially when you need to work with different languages. For me it works…
NeoVim has got native LSP support, and works pretty well for me out-of-the-box for most languages. LSP servers need to be installed externally, but I hope they manage to bundle them somehow in the future. LunarVim already provides automatic LSP server installation.
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It's kinda embarrassing, JB wants to push their new editor, but even months after public beta, the vim emulator is still barely usable, and afaict it's maybe like 1-2 people working on this. I don't get it, if you are targeting developers, why is it that having Vim keybindings not a top priority? Or am I living in my own circle? https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/FL-10664
You may very well be living in your own circle. My anecdata is that most engineers use VSCode these days. In my current organisation I am the only person that uses Emacs that I am aware of (and I use evil-mode). I know a handful of people use (n)vim. But by far the most common editor I see being used is VSCode.
Personally I just use Jetbrains IDEs w/ IdeaVIM for most things because I can’t be bothered with all the plugins and configurations I would rather my IDE just work out the box in any language.
So (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'start-view-mode) to turn it on automatically.
(defun view-mode-background () (if (bound-and-true-p view-mode) (face-remap-add-relative 'mode-line '((:background "#9400D3"))) (face-remap-add-relative 'mode-line '((:background "red"))))) ^ this helps a lot to know whether or not you're in view mode
And then: (defun view-mode-keybindings () (define-key view-mode-map (kbd "j") 'View-scroll-line-forward) .. etc
Emacs also has a vi layer built in: viper mode.
(Edit: Turns out I do remember some of the annoyances. See the grandchild comment below where I have noted some examples.)
I found Evil mode is so much better at emulating Vim than viper mode.
I used that settings for a few years, then tried to move entirely to vim, and now I'm very happy with vscode + vim. I like vim as a touch typer, I think it's a setting that minimize end motions. It's also very convenient in the terminal. On the other hand, I think it's not convenient as an IDE: too many shortcuts, clumsy integration with LSPs, especially when you need to work with different languages. For me it works…
NeoVim has got native LSP support, and works pretty well for me out-of-the-box for most languages. LSP servers need to be installed externally, but I hope they manage to bundle them somehow in the future. LunarVim already provides automatic LSP server installation.
In other words, I like to have 1 LSP installed in my system for all of them.
I used that settings for a few years, then tried to move entirely to vim, and now I'm very happy with vscode + vim. I like vim as a touch typer, I think it's a setting that minimize end motions. It's also very convenient in the terminal. On the other hand, I think it's not convenient as an IDE: too many shortcuts, clumsy integration with LSPs, especially when you need to work with different languages. For me it works…
Spacemacs is also a good option. I use VSCode + vim for remote development which is super nice now, I think VSCode has by far the best remote development experience, I even use it as my main terminal. For local development I use Webstorm, Rubymine, intellij etc. with IdeaVim, this is mainly because I prefer not fiddling around with plugins and configs I want my IDE to “just work” no matter what language I am using. F…