First of all. This is not another “how do I exit vim?” shitpost.

I’ve been using (neo)vim for about two years and I started to notice, that I,m basically unable to use non-vim editors. I do not code a lot, but I write a lot of markown. I’d like to use dedicated tools for this, but their vim emulators are so bad. So I’m now stuck with my customized neovim, devoid of any hope of abandoning this strange addiction.

Any help or advice?

  • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Switch to GUI editors with Word-like navigation. You will struggle but eventually your vim habits will fade away and then you will be able to use any editor with slightly various levels of performance.

  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Build a small EMP device. Figure out how to trigger it from terminal. Delete the key bindings for vim. Map them to the trigger you have for the EMP.

    … good luck…?

  • netvor@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    First of all. This is not another “how do I exit vim?” shitpost.

    Oh, I see, so just a clickbait! 👎

  • ctr1@fl0w.ccEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I alternate between helix and vim depending on the task, and their key bindings are kind of opposite from each other in a lot of ways. I’ve found that switching back and forth has kept me on my toes a bit and I don’t feel as locked in to one editor as I did with vim before trying helix.

    So I’m now stuck with my customized neovim, devoid of any hope of abandoning this strange addiction.

    I would also try getting used to the defaults or a minimal config, which is also a good way to feel at home in the editor regardless of the system

  • communism@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Do you just need to write markdown? Plenty of text editors have a vim mode. Not sure if there’s any lightweight ones that do the markdown preview alongside a vim mode; I know IntelliJ-based IDEs have a vim mode and can preview markdown, but that’s not exactly a lightweight solution, and only the community edition is open source.

    But also what exactly is it you’re looking for that Vim can’t do? I use Vim for writing pretty much everything. I use Vim for markdown and it works fine. Markdown is already pretty readable as a text file so I don’t feel the need for a previewer or anything like a rich text editor (but also there are plenty of markdown editors out there if you just want to edit markdown in a RTE).