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So... much... power.
I wonder what was the issue with arrow keys. Were there keyboards that lacked them?
Vim is all about ergonomic touch-typing.
For me on Windows, GVim was the only sane option. Mostly because the Windows console can't fully handle syntax highlighting / italics. However it's also a good transition world. You've got all the power of Vim but quite a few of the commands you'd expect still work. I've practically never need them but it's handy to reduce the confusion / frustration
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So... much... power.
I wonder what was the issue with arrow keys. Were there keyboards that lacked them?
I've just started working on a text editor as a side project, and one of the main things I want to include is a really complete implementation of vim keybindings. So far I just have a queue of keyboard events. Basic movements seem pretty easy, but I'm worried about operator motions (d6w - delete 6 words, etc). Will I basically need to build a parser?
Any guidance or keywords I can use to research/learn how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
I apologize that this question is slightly tangential to the submitted post, but this seems like an ideal venue to ask: Is there a GUI interface to vim that has smooth-scrolling? I've tried Gvim, but this just seems like vim with buttons (no smooth-scroll). I've tried Sublime text with the ActualVim plugin (powered by NeoVim), but this had errors which somehow swapped document buffers on write, essentially deleting a…
Do you mean scrolling with a mouse? It might sound a bit arrogant, but there's rarely any good reason to scroll with a mouse in vim.
Now I wonder if there's a js library which makes a textfield behave like VIM... Guess I'll need to look at the source here later on to find out.
I apologize that this question is slightly tangential to the submitted post, but this seems like an ideal venue to ask: Is there a GUI interface to vim that has smooth-scrolling? I've tried Gvim, but this just seems like vim with buttons (no smooth-scroll). I've tried Sublime text with the ActualVim plugin (powered by NeoVim), but this had errors which somehow swapped document buffers on write, essentially deleting a…
For GUIs, I tried VimR and MacVim. Neither seems to smooth-scroll. Using the above plugin might work though?
Also, have you tried Vintageous for Sublime Text? I use it and it works well.
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Do you mean scrolling with a mouse? It might sound a bit arrogant, but there's rarely any good reason to scroll with a mouse in vim.
I would like to second this, and support you in that I don’t think it is an arrogant sentiment. Many of the efficiency gains vim gives you are the result of being able to navigate anywhere in a document or on a line with a few keystrokes. The mouse is comparatively slower, once the navigation commands are familiar.
Obligatory link to VimGolf, a great way to learn by doing. https://vimgolf.com/
Also Vim Adventures: https://vim-adventures.com/
On https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14658197 and its children I wrote something about the business model of VIM Adventures that you should consider before buying.