[meowface]

I understand this sentiment, but is there really a way to do this without simply recreating or emulating vim? I can't really think of a way to compose complex, precise actions ("delete the next 4 lines", "undo changes on this line") purely with mouse clicks or swipes like you can with keystrokes.

Every GUI text editor requires a combination of a cursor and keystrokes to accomplish things like this, and they probably will for a very long time.

[sofal]

A text editor that can replace vim would definitely be very much like vim, and it would probably be modal and have very similar if not the same command set. This would be no more a 'recreation' of vim than other text editors today would be recreations of each other just because they all come with very similar actions, commands, and features.