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by johnfn 3655 days ago
Contributor to the VSC Vim extension here. I've been working on it frantically over the last few weeks and I'd strongly recommend giving it another try. I believe it's made some big strides in usability.

And obviously creating issues on the github repo for things you're missing is a big help for me. I try to have a fast turnaround on these things.
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lloeki 3655 days ago
Missing from (or aside) this vim plugin is ex mode, similar to this[0]. I read that this is out of scope with the project, but being able to build it as another plugin could be great. This is the approach taken by vim-mode/ex-mode on Atom.

[0]: https://github.com/lloeki/ex-mode

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johnfn 3654 days ago
This is very true. I let my own usage patterns and github issues be a guide to what I do next. I don't use ex mode very much, outside from simple substitutions, and I haven't gotten any issues yet either.

I remember reading that the Atom Vim authors believed separating the two was a mistake; they were too intertwined. As much as I'd like to have it be a separate project and not think about it, apparently that doesn't work so well...

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