Bug 284609

Summary:	VIM mode in Kate: why not use native VIM?
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	Vi Input Mode	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde-2011.08
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Unlisted Binaries
OS:	Linux
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Description Dotan Cohen 2011-10-21 11:28:19 UTC

I love VIM and use the Kate VIM mode. This mode _emulates_ VIM rather
than incorporating native VIM. I now see that it is in fact possible
to incorporate native VIM:
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/netbeans.html

Might it be wise to move to this approach rather than trying to copy
VIM in Kate?

Comment 1 Erlend Hamberg 2012-01-27 18:42:36 UTC

In theory, perhaps. But as the guys who wrote KVim found out, it's not easy at all.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100423002016/http://www.yzis.org/wiki/index.php/History

I'm closing this for now, but if new information comes up that indicates that it is indeed possible to embed Vim in a nice way, please let me know! :-)

Comment 2 Dotan Cohen 2012-01-27 19:34:59 UTC

Thank you for the explanation, Erlend. How about actually embedding a Konsole window right there in Kate with VIM opened to a temp file of the edited file, and cp the temp file to the original on ":w". You could even do a Konsole session with the Kate colours and fonts.

I know, easier said than programmed!