Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij
by onelovetwo on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:19AM
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can you use Intellij like vim? with command mode etc
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Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij
by danielbarla on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:23AM
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Yes, there's an official IdeaVim plugin [1]. I'm not sure how deep the rabbit hole goes, I just use it for basic vim goodness, and shy away from advanced stuff. But sure, modal editing, movements, macros, search, etc, are all there.
There is a (or more than one?) Vim plugin with fairly good support. However, it is not Vim. Most of the common Vim operations work but others are broken.
For example, I've found the weirdest bugs when using visual block, especially in column mode. It just completely mangles everything.
Yes, it has a vim emulator, ideavim. It's far from perfect, but I would say it's better than most.
Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij
by ZeroCool2u on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:22AM
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Yeah, one of the most popular plugins changes the input scheme to be very similar, if not identical, to vim.
Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij
by craigharley on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:23AM
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Yeah there's a vim plugin
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/164-ideavim
Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij
by jurschreuder on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:22PM
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Yes, but it's way slower and you can only open one project at a time due to it using all if your ram