Min/Maxxing VS Code by Stripping the UI and Adding Vim

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Did you know you can add the Vim experience to VS Code? That's what we'll do in this video, but we're also going to strip down the UI and rely on VS Code's amazing shortcuts to get the best of both world.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:04 - Minimalizing VS Code
05:05 - The Extensions You'll Need
06:53 - Using the NeoVim Extension
13:03 - Resources for Learning Vim
14:39 - Using Copilot to Learn Vim

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#coding #vscodeeditor #minimalism

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Beyond vim you can also setup keybindings to split your screen vertically / horizontally and jumping between the different panes with kb shortcuts. Also when in the explorer creating new files or folders with just keybinds.

Another super useful bit is using “m<key>” and backtick <key> to jump to it. For example you could ma and then backtick a to jump to the last marker called a.

You also have multiple clipboard registries the global one or the many local ones.

The rabbit hole goes very deep once you start down that path and it’s awesome.

nikilk

Tips for those using vsVIM:
Turn on relational numbers in vscode settings to not have to count the line numbers.
you can also use z t to scroll current line to top of window. (or zb to scroll to bottom, and zz to center current line)

TheAkayuki

I installed that Synthwave x Fluouromachine theme that Rob recommended. Rob's sense of humor is... challenging.

BurtonJohnson

This is awesome. I've been dabbling with neovim but don't have the confidence to go all the way yet, so this is actually really useful.

AdamtheADHDev

Are there any benefits to this over zen mode?

Opening a terminal as a regular tab is an amazing tip.

adrianscarlett

The only downside to this setup is how do you tell what mode you’re in without the status?

DamagedAndroid

You forgot to asd how painful it os to use it within a python notebook

theangelofspace

Awesome background, Rob. nice to see and hear you. #ThisDevelopersLife

girishsuch

Thats nice but I just dont see why would someone use it instead of using nvim. This still has memory footprint bigger than nvim. :o

_-tg-_

BTW, why the heck isn't there a way to toggle relative line numbers in VSCode? That seems like a huge oversight and the only way to do it is edit one's settings. 🤯

gregwojan

How did you hide the window title bar?

felipeaprotazio

What would I do all these changes instead of using zen mode + neovim extension?

jliendostuardo

Me after watching this video, goes to Reddit* and post "New minimal setup rate 0/10" xd

rafaelsanchezmartinez

I'm a bit concerned/confused over the comment "If you like Vim, use Vim..." in the context of this video. The VSCode Neovim extension only works with Neovim to my understanding and the vscodevim extension is not really Vim so, again, I'm confused.

The other thing that was really glossed over was all the Neovim extensions that magically appeared. I'm guessing this was due to using Lazy.nvim and a default init.lua that wasn't explained?

gregwojan