Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
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Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#2This makes me want to ask... why not just use vim?
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#3This makes me want to ask... why not just use vim?
I'm just guessing here, but you can use all the Sublime Plugins and Key combos while in INSERT mode. The Vim Insert Mode is rather limiting since you're supposed to do mostly just typing in there. I always add the basic emacs keybindings to my vimrc so that I can jump by word, to the beginning of the line / the end or move by character, without leaving insert mode. I really don't like leaving insert mode for just 2 char movements. I know there's CMD-O for that, but I find it too cumbersome still.
Apart from that, many people like the looks of Sublime, and (at least for me) the Sublime text view scrolls a lot better for large documents than either Vim, MacVim, or Emacs.
Edit: I'm not a Sublime user, I switched from longtime Vim to Emacs + Evil a couple of months ago and couldn't be happier (well, I'd like better scrolling, but I mostly jump anyway)
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#4This makes me want to ask... why not just use vim?
and then there is this: https://github.com/fatih/subvim sublime in vim :-)
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#5Things I would actually be interested in for Vim: Some sort of type-validation plugin for languages like C, C++, Scala, Haskell, etc.
There are ways to get around it, but getting the error in the editor window is very nice for dummies like me.
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#6This makes me want to ask... why not just use vim?
and then there is this: https://github.com/fatih/subvim sublime in vim :-)
or vim in emacs: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil
... I for one, look forward to running emacs in sublime, and in an eterm in emacs running vim, which will of course, be running subvim, full circle.
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#7This makes me want to ask... why not just use vim?
Because with this you can use Sublime Text's UI (chrome, file browser, and smooth scrolling—all better than Vim's) with Vim's input mode. Best of both worlds.
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#8This makes me want to ask... why not just use vim?
The main reason (for me) is Ctrl+P. Working on a project with lots of files (like Rails) without that is a huge pain.
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#9Why wouldn't I just use Vim (or better yet, Emacs) in the first place?
Re: Actualvim – Sublime Text 3 input mode powered by Vim itself
#10Things I would actually be interested in for Vim: Some sort of type-validation plugin for languages like C, C++, Scala, Haskell, etc. There are ways to get around it, but getting the error in the editor window is very nice for dummies like me.