if xi support multi edit mode like vim?

[hh9527]

i know that is not available yet for now. my question is "is it possible to implement a vim-like editor with plugin?"

[lucasprag]

I would like to use something like the vim modes too.

[dpc]

I'd just like to add, that if the effort to support it is to be made, please remember that Vim is not the only way to work with modes. I actually enjoyed kakoune improvement over original Vim ways.

[cmyr]

@dpc I agree, kakoune seems like a really interesting development. I would hope any modal model eventually implemented for xi would be extensible enough to play around with other possibilities. :)

[dotancohen]

+1 support for a VIM mode. Xi is the first editor that I've been excited about in over a decade, but without a VIM mode it would be useless to me.

[raphlinus]

I'm not sure whether a plugin is the best place to implement vim-style modal editing (I think it might require tighter binding with the front-end than I have in mind for plugins), but in any case it's on the roadmap. It will require community participation if it will be implemented any time soon, though.

[tarvos21]

@raphlinus, happy to hear that, I also find XiEditor exciting on macOS.

[JESii]

+1 for vim... my fingers do the talking

[cmyr]

Closing as a dupe: #93 will be the tracking issue for modal editing support.