Re: ios vim and plugins

On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Chris Lott wrote:

> Nothing competes with Vim, but I still can't get past the fact
> that--most of the time--I can't ever get into insert mode with iPad
> Vim and my external keyboard. In the meantime, I use
> Textastic...that's the best I've found and it integrates with dropbox.

I have no problem getting into insert mode using the virtual keyboard. I was also able to remap <esc> to jj, which some have said can't be done. It is a little tricky, though. You have to do the jj real fast. [Is there a setting I could change that would get jj recognized as a single command by allowing for a slightly longer delay between the letters?]

I am sticking with the virtual keyboard. I don't want to lug around a bluetooth. The problem, of course, is that at present many of the keys required for efficient use of vim are either awkward to get to or missing altogether. That will be remedied when somebody comes up with enhancements for the virtual keyboard.

There are lots of editors and other applications out there for the iPad that have enhanced keyboards, several of them with configurable enhancements. One, FastKeyboard, has 12 rows of configurable keys! A couple rows would do for vim

Regards,
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Eric Weir
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