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by nsomaru 2220 days ago
It’s all or nothing, basic just leads to frustration when it doesn’t work as expected
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I agree, mostly.

An example of "close enough" for me is the IdeaVim plugin[1] for JetBrains IDEs. It supports all the features I need to be quite productive, including registers. The killer feature is that it reads in an `~/.ideavimrc` file, in which I can just `source ~/.vimrc`.

I wish more apps had that level of Vim support. Loading a `vimrc` file like that would be a killer feature for a notetaking app.

[1]: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/164-ideavim

I also love JetBrains' vim implementation.

Have you found a way to perform a text reflow (`gq`) in JetBrains? I don't know if I've just overlooked a config somewhere, or if it's just not part of the standard JetBrains support and I need some kind of plugin.

Even if it couldn't handle every single thing I can express in a .vimrc, if it were clearly documented what subset worked, that'd be rad.