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Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by eob »

For the vim -> Sumblime switchers out there on HN, what caused you to switch?

I use vim exclusively but I'm not a religious zealot about technology. I've noticed all my students are using Sublime these days. Is it just the latest TextMate (i.e., the best GUI option if you don't like command-line editors) or are there truly features that will convert command-line folks to the GUI?

I'm really hoping for an editor like Brackets (Adobe) to take off, which has really good support for cross editor-browser communication for web development.

Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by avolcano »

rzendacott wrote: post #2

Ah, I love vim mode for Sublime. As the end user, what will be different about this package? Better support for commands? Additionally, is there a page that lists how much progress has been made? Is the support at least at the same level of Vintage's yet?

I'd love to know this too, but the author doesn't seem interested in explaining it: https://github.com/guillermooo/Vintageous/issues/267

I installed it, and it works exactly the same, as far as I can tell.

Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by tiziano88 »

eob wrote: post #3

For the vim -> Sumblime switchers out there on HN, what caused you to switch? I use vim exclusively but I'm not a religious zealot about technology. I've noticed all my students are using Sublime these days. Is it just the latest TextMate (i.e., the best GUI option if you don't like command-line editors) or are there truly features that will convert command-line folks to the GUI? I'm really hoping for an editor like…

Real command-line folks will not easily move away from command-line apps, since one of their greatest advantages is that they run in a ssh shell from any terminal. For people who often log in remote servers for more than a few minutes a day, this is a dealbreaker :)

Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by lucisferre »

eob wrote: post #3

For the vim -> Sumblime switchers out there on HN, what caused you to switch? I use vim exclusively but I'm not a religious zealot about technology. I've noticed all my students are using Sublime these days. Is it just the latest TextMate (i.e., the best GUI option if you don't like command-line editors) or are there truly features that will convert command-line folks to the GUI? I'm really hoping for an editor like…

I've tried a few times and just can't do it. The completion isn't actually that great (not that VIm completion plugins are very good either) and Vintage mode is at best a poor-mans VIm emulation. There is no sane way to control splits with the keyboard and block selections just don't work well. Search and replace functionality is also not great compared to my experience with VIm. Too many deal breakers for me.

Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by rzendacott »

avolcano wrote: post #4
rzendacott wrote: post #2

Ah, I love vim mode for Sublime. As the end user, what will be different about this package? Better support for commands? Additionally, is there a page that lists how much progress has been made? Is the support at least at the same level of Vintage's yet?

I'd love to know this too, but the author doesn't seem interested in explaining it: https://github.com/guillermooo/Vintageous/issues/267 I installed it, and it works exactly the same, as far as I can tell.

Wow, he/she does seem to be quite disinterested. That's disappointing. It would be really useful to know..

Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by madlynormal »

eob wrote: post #3

For the vim -> Sumblime switchers out there on HN, what caused you to switch? I use vim exclusively but I'm not a religious zealot about technology. I've noticed all my students are using Sublime these days. Is it just the latest TextMate (i.e., the best GUI option if you don't like command-line editors) or are there truly features that will convert command-line folks to the GUI? I'm really hoping for an editor like…

The ease of which it is to get started with Sublime Text may be a factor. It's nice not having to worry about managing plugins and custom settings. Though I see no reason to switch if you have taken the time to customize vim to your liking. Once you get a decent package management system for it (Pathongen, Vundle) it's hard to beat.

Re: Vintageous: Vim emulation for Sublime Text 3

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Post by w-m »

As someone who just started another attempt at picking up vim (actually vintageous in this case) last week: how do I keep myself from forgetting that I'm in a vim editor?

It'll happen every so often that I'm in the middle of something, switch to Sublime and just start typing - as it's second nature. By the time I notice whats going on, I typed half a dozen characters. I'll curse, undo the random commands, get into insert mode and will effectively have lost my train of thought.

It may sound ridiculous, but it's actually the biggest hindrance to adopting vim for me. Am I the only one with this problem?

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