learnbyexample@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoVim prank: alias vim='vim -y'learnbyexample.github.ioexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squarelearnbyexample@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-23 months agoAs per the manual, “Mappings are set up to work like most click-and-type editors” - which is best suited with GUI Vim. While Vim doesn’t make sense to use without the modes, there are plugins like https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode!
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 months agoAccording to vim --help: -y Easy mode (like "evim", modeless)
What does the flag do?
As per the manual, “Mappings are set up to work like most click-and-type editors” - which is best suited with GUI Vim.
While Vim doesn’t make sense to use without the modes, there are plugins like https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode!
According to vim --help:
-y Easy mode (like "evim", modeless)