I tried to understand what vim/nvim is all about and why people love it so I've learned it a little bit. I grasped the
Zen of VIM, it's actually very comfortable to navigate files and files tree assuming Ctrl is swapped with Caps Lock and you don't use ESC but Ctrl+] or jk/jj. BUT. But. but... VIM was shining when it was designed and created, it doesn't shine that much today, because for working with code you need things like LSP, syntax awareness etc. Thing like VS Code with Emacs cross platform keybindins AND WITH smartSelect is amazing for me.
Go to VSCode, put it into your `keybindings.json`:
{
"key": "ctrl+cmd+j",
"command": "editor.action.smartSelect.expand"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+cmd+k",
"command": "editor.action.smartSelect.shrink"
}
go to TS file and press keybinding multiple times to see how it grows/shrinks.
Having Emacs keybindings like C-w, C-y, C-d (I'm using it to move char left), C-S-d (word left, S is shift, I'm using right one) and more I feel like flying through things like selecting block, expression, function, moving in and out etc. I guess Emacs people using paredit feel something similar taken to the next level.
Ideas in VIM are still brilliant, the same goes for Emacs, but they both need to reincarnate in modern skin taking pixel perfect GUIs with proper animations to the extreme. In fully multithreaded and multiprocess environment.
Go to VSCode, put it into your `keybindings.json`:
go to TS file and press keybinding multiple times to see how it grows/shrinks. Having Emacs keybindings like C-w, C-y, C-d (I'm using it to move char left), C-S-d (word left, S is shift, I'm using right one) and more I feel like flying through things like selecting block, expression, function, moving in and out etc. I guess Emacs people using paredit feel something similar taken to the next level.Ideas in VIM are still brilliant, the same goes for Emacs, but they both need to reincarnate in modern skin taking pixel perfect GUIs with proper animations to the extreme. In fully multithreaded and multiprocess environment.