vim-rsi

This is cool, I didn't actually know you could configure Readline so the title is apt for me :D Much like in the article I'm also a Vim user who excited to try Vim mode at the command line and I almost instantly hated it. I suppose it's almost required to mention tpope's rsi.vim[0] which gives you Readline bindings in insert and command modes. I've adopted Readline everywhere in my OS except in Vim normal mode which I believe is not too uncommon for many folks. [0] https://github.com/tpope/vim-rsi

"antagonistic" wasn't the exact right word... like, the same word but less strong, lol. > I think not supporting selection with Shift and Control+Shift+Arrows may drive intermediate users away. I actually don't have anything like this to move words around! I use `]e` and `[e` from tpope's unimpaired [0] for moving lines around (I use tons from that plugin). I may toy around with some word-moving mappings. I do agree with readline everywhere! I'm on mac and have it configured so readline works in all apps, lol. Again with the tpope plugins, vim-rsi is a great plugin and I very much agree with its premise: I love the stand vim bindings in command mode but when in some kind of "insert" mode, even outside of vim, I want readline! [0] https://github.com/tpope/vim-unimpaired [1] https://github.com/tpope/vim-rsi

You can use this plugin to get the same mappings in insert mode for Vim: https://github.com/tpope/vim-rsi

On Mac Os you can also add some other ones that are not enabled by default, there's various write ups on how to do this. https://irreal.org/blog/?p=259 I really missed C-w for delete word personally. There's also a vim plugin by tim pope that adds a few readline keys that don't clash. https://github.com/tpope/vim-rsi And if you use the fish shell you can have both vi and Emacs shortcuts activated at the same time for the best of both worlds.

Oh, if you like those bindings in insert mode, you are probably already aware of Tim Pope's vim-rsi [1] plugin. If not, check it out, it might have some interesting bindings you aren't using yet. [1] https://github.com/tpope/vim-rsi

> it genuinely interests me how Vi users put up with the constant need to strain their pinky to switch to command mode. Is it any different from how emacs users put up with Ctrl/Alt? You aren't looking to switch, but if anybody is, install this https://github.com/tpope/vim-rsi for basic keybinding in insert mode. This is quite a short file. If you want, you can simply copy it to your .vimrc. For non-basic movement/editing, switch to normal mode and edit.