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Using Vim is Amazing
(lemmy.world)
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I tried vim keybinds in an IDE, and it sucked.
It wasn't even that advanced usage, but it just didn't work.
Instead I know run language servers in neovim.
I agree with you. I figure you probably know this, but VS Code can act as a frontend for Neovim, providing one-to-one Neovim keybindings.
Some parts I never got working, but movement was honestly flawless. But I use a lot of snippets with ultisnips, and I didn't like the idea of translating all of that to hypersnips (or whatever the VS Code equivalent was called), so I stuck with Neovim.
Movement is like 20% of why vim is amazing.
Without macros I'm already out, registers are also mandatory, marks are very nice to have, etc.
I have trouble even remembering what are some of the features called, it's just musle memory now.
I use vim keybindings in both IntelliJ and VSCode with no problems.
Keybindings are OK, but anything beyond movement was way less ok.
Don't remember if macros or buffers were implemented correctly.
Buffers do work in IntelliJ. Not sure about macros since I don’t use them. Haven’t checked VSCode. I found the IntelliJ plugin was better though.
Macros are absolute must, without them it's just walking.
I just tried it out, and IntelliJ’s vim plugin supports macros. You’re in luck :)
I might give that a try very soon then, thanks.