VimGraph

#1

Post by gdelfino01 » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

VimGraph
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Re: VimGraph

#2

Post by thornton » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 1:53 PM UTC

This is one of those times when I want someone to explain the value to me. Like is this to help coding agents be more efficient?

Forgive my ignorance!

Re: VimGraph

#3

Post by utopiah » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 1:55 PM UTC

thornton wrote: post #2

This is one of those times when I want someone to explain the value to me. Like is this to help coding agents be more efficient? Forgive my ignorance!

I guess it's to win at Vim Golf, i.e. how does one get more efficient.

Re: VimGraph

#4

Post by qsort » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 1:58 PM UTC

thornton wrote: post #2

This is one of those times when I want someone to explain the value to me. Like is this to help coding agents be more efficient? Forgive my ignorance!

I believe that's mostly for fun. Coding agents wouldn't need to interact via the same interfaces humans use, they'd be given a tool to read and write files and they'd be fine with that.

Re: VimGraph

#5

Post by samlinnfer » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

Having the t/T/f/T movements available would be too easy it seems.

A shout out to quick-scope (https://github.com/unblevable/quick-scope) possibly the best named vim plugin.

Re: VimGraph

#6

Post by tantalor » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 2:57 PM UTC

thornton wrote: post #2

This is one of those times when I want someone to explain the value to me. Like is this to help coding agents be more efficient? Forgive my ignorance!

The thought of forcing the AI to use vim gave me a nice chuckle. Thank you sir.

Re: VimGraph

#7

Post by foofoo12 » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 2:58 PM UTC

I like Vim and I like graphs. But WTF?

Re: VimGraph

#8

Post by jiehong » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 3:06 PM UTC

At first, I thought it was to produce graphs by _encoding the positions of nodes_ as _vim movements_.

Re: VimGraph

#9

Post by fnfs2000 » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 3:11 PM UTC

qsort wrote: post #4

thornton wrote: post #2

This is one of those times when I want someone to explain the value to me. Like is this to help coding agents be more efficient? Forgive my ignorance!

I believe that's mostly for fun. Coding agents wouldn't need to interact via the same interfaces humans use, they'd be given a tool to read and write files and they'd be fine with that.

They're literally using diff/patch under the covers, at least the setup i'm currently using.

Re: VimGraph

#10

Post by Jenk » Mon, Nov 03, 2025, 3:29 PM UTC

I can see value in this. I use which-key already and could see a graph, al be it a differently arranged graph, being a useful visual aid. Perhaps a static (printed?) Cheat-sheet or even a dynamically generated visual - though not sure how effective it would be in a TUI :)