← Back to context Comment by ComputerGuru 6 years ago *nvim for vi 14 comments ComputerGuru Reply qz2 6 years ago I'm still using classic vim. Should I move over? sojournerc 6 years ago what got me to switch was being able to run terminal commands in a buffer...https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html gnubison 6 years ago I don't use it that often (I just open up another terminal), but you can also use ^Z to put vi in the background. It would be more useful if I didn't always forget and open up a new vi which would refuse to write to the file :) 2 replies → garmaine 6 years ago Serious question: why not just open another terminal? 4 replies → coliveira 6 years ago You can use :terminal in vim. 1 reply → chapium 6 years ago Only if you want very specific plugins. ComputerGuru 6 years ago Not really. vi doesn’t have some very basic motions that are supported by (n)vim out of the box.
qz2 6 years ago I'm still using classic vim. Should I move over? sojournerc 6 years ago what got me to switch was being able to run terminal commands in a buffer...https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html gnubison 6 years ago I don't use it that often (I just open up another terminal), but you can also use ^Z to put vi in the background. It would be more useful if I didn't always forget and open up a new vi which would refuse to write to the file :) 2 replies → garmaine 6 years ago Serious question: why not just open another terminal? 4 replies → coliveira 6 years ago You can use :terminal in vim. 1 reply → chapium 6 years ago Only if you want very specific plugins. ComputerGuru 6 years ago Not really. vi doesn’t have some very basic motions that are supported by (n)vim out of the box.
sojournerc 6 years ago what got me to switch was being able to run terminal commands in a buffer...https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html gnubison 6 years ago I don't use it that often (I just open up another terminal), but you can also use ^Z to put vi in the background. It would be more useful if I didn't always forget and open up a new vi which would refuse to write to the file :) 2 replies → garmaine 6 years ago Serious question: why not just open another terminal? 4 replies → coliveira 6 years ago You can use :terminal in vim. 1 reply →
gnubison 6 years ago I don't use it that often (I just open up another terminal), but you can also use ^Z to put vi in the background. It would be more useful if I didn't always forget and open up a new vi which would refuse to write to the file :) 2 replies →
chapium 6 years ago Only if you want very specific plugins. ComputerGuru 6 years ago Not really. vi doesn’t have some very basic motions that are supported by (n)vim out of the box.
ComputerGuru 6 years ago Not really. vi doesn’t have some very basic motions that are supported by (n)vim out of the box.
I'm still using classic vim. Should I move over?
what got me to switch was being able to run terminal commands in a buffer...
https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html
I don't use it that often (I just open up another terminal), but you can also use ^Z to put vi in the background. It would be more useful if I didn't always forget and open up a new vi which would refuse to write to the file :)
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Serious question: why not just open another terminal?
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You can use :terminal in vim.
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Only if you want very specific plugins.
Not really. vi doesn’t have some very basic motions that are supported by (n)vim out of the box.