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Re:Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation by pazimzadeh on Sunday August 30, 2020 @01:47PM (#24324484)
I don't know vim. If I get used to this, will I be halfway to knowing vim?
Re:Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation by jagged-chisel on Sunday August 30, 2020 @01:57PM (#24324560)
Nope. This is really just making your GUI work better with the keyboard. Editing text is fundamentally different than manipulating a graphical interface, so this doesn't mimic any vim functionality (with one exception: when this app is in scroll mode, you can use HJKL keys to scroll windows contents.)
Re:Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation by dexterleng on Sunday August 30, 2020 @01:59PM (#24324575)
It's very much like Vimium, which is nothing like Vim, so no. I see Vimium being referred to as "vim bindings" for chrome which I never got. Maybe someone could enlighten me on this.
Re:Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation by cuchoi on Sunday August 30, 2020 @10:43PM (#24328054)
There are some bindings that are the same as vim (gg, G, /, i, v, etc.). But overall I wouldn't say it helps you learn vim.
Re:Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation by nchudleigh on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:24PM (#24325211)
well i mean vimium implements a lot of similar bindings from com.

navigation visual selection find scroll

Re:Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation by konart on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:12AM (#24329154)
You will be some part of the way to knowing navigation in vim.