> The ideal editor would let me turn it into vim or Emacs, for example. You mean...

melling · on Feb 5, 2016

No, I mean an editor that allows you to build a complete vim with macros, for example. The source for vim wouldn't be in C and you could implement plugins like EasyMotion.

https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion

Luc · on Feb 5, 2016

Atom's pretty good for that, or am I misunderstanding you?

https://github.com/atom/vim-mode

https://github.com/leny/atom-easy-motion-redux

juandazapata · on Feb 5, 2016

Come on. The only and true vim-mode is vim. Other implementations are just pity attempts so far.

coldtea · on Feb 5, 2016

Only if you want all the stuff (including crap) that vim offers. If you're OK with the 50-100 core commands, then those emulations can be perfectly fine.

(Also some of us used vi too, and that didn't have all the stuff vim comes with either).