✨ Vim-style modal editing

[fwcd]

(First of all thanks for this awesome project, looks amazing already and I can't wait to play with it more.)

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
As a Vim user it would be great to have modal editing with Vim keybindings.

Describe the solution you'd like
A vim mode, similar to VSCodeVim or Xcode 13's new Vim mode.

Additional context
Perhaps this could be done via the proposed extension API, once ready:

• 👀 Extension Architecture / API #76

[lukepistrol]

Good idea but probably way out of scope for the initial 1.0 release

[godbout]

@fwcd just in case you're interested, kindaVim brings Vim Mode all over macOS apps, native and non native. (yes i'm the creator, it's closed source—since last week—and it's a paid app although trial is unlimited. anyways if it doesn't help just skip.)

[yochem]

I would suggest to look at neovim to provide the vim style editing. It's embeddable and offers full support for vim style editing: no need to define these one by one specifically for CodeEdit. For an example of how it works, take a look at vscode-neovim.

So, embedding neovim instead of making your own vim mode is easier to maintain and will have full support for all vim commands.

[bassamsdata]

This is so important feature to implement in any new editor and it should feel native imo. you'll gain attention from a lot of developers and users by implementing this.

I'm here to support this feature. 🔝

[ttytm]

Yep needed. Without this there is no reason to really bother installing an editor.