Vim mode

[mgesbert]

We would like to have support for vim mode in TextArea

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[willmcgugan]

This is doable. Were you thinking some kind of switch on the builtin TextArea?

[willmcgugan]

@mgesbert Can you elaborate on what functionality you want in a VIM mode?

If we are talking a full vim implementation on top of TextArea with normal / insert modes etc? Or some kind of compromise to use hjkl for navigation?

Another option for Vibe would be to launch the user's editor on a keypress to edit the prompt.

Yet another option would be to embed Vim in Vibe, which requires a xterm terminal emulator widget.

[mgesbert]

Yeah, I thought it wouldn't be very straightforward. The idea would be to have a full vim integration, but let's push back on that for now. We already have ctrl+G to open the user's editor, but people want vim inside the user input component... We'll see what we can do on our side

[willmcgugan]

Embedding Vim is technically possible. Toad has a terminal emulator widget that could be made to run Vim. I’ll leave it with you…