How to quit VIM?
First of all. This is not another "how do I exit vim?" shitpost.
I've been using (neo)vim for about two years and I started to notice, that I,m basically unable to use non-vim editors. I do not code a lot, but I write a lot of markown. I'd like to use dedicated tools for this, but their vim emulators are so bad. So I'm now stuck with my customized neovim, devoid of any hope of abandoning this strange addiction.
Any help or advice?
Switch to emacs with evil-mode https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil. You get best of both: nice operating system with build in vim.
I considered heresy and switching churches, but Lisp and rumours of multiple bugs kept me on the vim side
I always would recommend people to switch to emacs. It is truly a wonderfully transformative experience. But in your case, the question is why do you want to quit using (n)vim?
The only reasonable choice!
I switched to (Doom)-Emacs from a ~7yr old homegrown Vim config last week and honestly the configuration is less bad than it seems. If you're mainly writing markdown you'll probably get 99% of the way there by just enabling the dedicated module
As someone who is currently learning emacs, I gotta say, this comment has the energy of someone offering heroin to someone struggling to moderate their cannabis usage (given OP indicated that custom config if a thing they're finding burdensome in a way)
10% how to exit vim
80% wow vim is great! I love it!
10% how to exit vim
This doesn’t really seem like a meme (note: the name of this community).
Since you posted in multiple communities I’ll add my same reply as the others here:
Take vim with you to something with a lot more features! I use vscode with vim plugin/key bindings lol
Vim is extremely feature-rich, and people that think otherwise don't really know how to use vim. Saying vim doesn't have a lot of features is just a meme that isn't true.
Also, the vim plugin for vscode is kind of a joke compared to what vim can do. It's very "surface-level" with minor emulation of some of the common keybinds.
Saying that Vim isn't feature-rich is like saying that a terminal isn't feature-rich. The features are right there, you just have to find them.
Also, the vim plugin for vscode is kind of a joke compared to what vim can do.
Dang. Hot take! I don't think I've heard anyone else say that.
You clearly actually completed VimTutor.
I have several complaints about the VSVim plugin, but it's easily the most feature complete Vim-like plugin I've ever encountered.
I'm trying to pay you a compliment, but I am doing it poorly.
As a legend among my Vim using peers, I can see how VSVim can be frustrating, to someone who truly leverages Vim.
Your annoyance with VSVim outs you as one of the true power users.
Need more info.
The answer will still and always be, just use nvim.
What features do these dedicated tools have that make you want to use something other than nvim?
First thing is decent tables editor and the second is katex previewer.
Something like vim-table-mode work as an improvement? You got me there though, tables can be a real pain in a terminal.
For the second, I setup an on save hook or watch script to build a PDF and open it. Its been a minute, but I think I had to find a PDF viewer that would refresh if already open and keep the current position on subsequent opens.
Best of luck finding something that works for you!
I use a different tool, visidata. It's especially nice when used as a psql pager.
A text editor isn't the right tool for editing tabular data, imo.
As for KaTeX, what I would do is have a preview process running outside of vim that watches for changes in source files and re-renders. That's the Unix way of doing things.
Install windows XP and start practicing using notepad, after some years ctrl+c and ctrl+v will be second nature.
When you are comfortable with that then install visual studio 6.0 and practice using it, now you are finally ready for VS Code
Some editors can embed neovim, for example: vscode-neovim. Not sure how well that works though as I never tried it.
:q! while you are ahead
Emacs evil mode
Cold Turkey
Force yourself to use another editor like Zed, don’t use vim keybinds and get reintegrated into pleb life
You write it in vim and then copy paste it once you are done.
BTW, why do you need a markdown editor?
Switch to Doom Emacs?
learn kakoune or helix, become even more entrenched.
i vastly prefer the object-verb keybinds to vim's verb-object, but now i can't even find bindings for other editors so i'm permanently stuck now
I know how you feel. I often find myself typing :w into notepad/word at work to save something. Or when I log into a machine that doesn't have the vim extension in vscode I constantly type /something to search, only to realize that I actually wrote that in the file. Then using 'u' to undo just adds more characters and people look at me like I'm on some drugs. Just embrace it!
:wq
have you tried :q!
Shift + zz. Or : + q to quit wihtout saving
Didn't bother reading the whole post
Hit Shift ZZ to save and quit
Open another terminal. Killall vim.
Use pkill, not killall.
Did not bother reading the first sentence is more like it