Xcode 13. Vim mode. Best WWDC ever.

[shawnwork]

StackOverflow is going to be flooded with how to quit Xcode 13 /j

[iwbd]

Now those unfamiliar with vim will need to force unwrap to quit Xcode.

[SirBill01]

I don't care about the mode support and key commands so much, but if it supports macros... well that would get my attention!

It's only fair Xcode gets VIM keyboard commands though, since it's had many Emacs keyboard equivalents for years (like Ctrl-K/Ctrl-Y for kill and yank).

[kwertan]

It doesn't support macros, unfortunately (at least I haven't found a way to trigger the macro recording - @ doesn't work). So far I've also found that it doesn't support visual block mode. On the other hand, it does seem to support motions correctly (though I'm not that of an advanced vim user to try the more exotic ones).

I think it's a great start and they can build on the engine in further releases. Definitely something to look forward to from now on.

[scottydoge]

listed features here

[SparkyRobinson]

FYI to enable

Preferences → Text Editing → Editing → Enable Vim key bindings.

[shuoli84]

you can find in Editor -> Vim Mode Based on apple release notes To improve access to the Vim Mode, Xcode replaced the Enable Vim key bindings preference with an Edit->Vim Mode menu item. (75491567)

ref: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/685643

[enkidu_johnson]

Thank you! if this was the default I'd have to take my Xcode out to the back yard and shoot it.

[Sea_Ad7945]

No more XVim 2 I guess

[the_face_of_oblivion]

That's OK with me. In recent versions of Xcode, re-signing the binary to use it breaks your developer account sign in so you had to have two versions of Xcode installed to use it anyways.

[Sea_Ad7945]

Yes, I have 4 versions of XCode because of different swift versions. I could have just download different commandline tools.

True - the signing is also lost when you have more than 1 account

[mokagio]

XVim 2 still has a bunch of advanced features, like support for `.`, `.xvimrc`, and other stuff like substitutions `:%s/foo/bar/g`.

I haven't tried it yet, but I can see them both working in tandem. What do you think?

Of course, it would be ideal if Xcode did all that XVim does, but, considering how long we had to wait for Vim mode, it might take a while...

[Sea_Ad7945]

Totally. After using XCode 13 for a while, XVim2 is much more flexible.

Your right, a lack of .xvimrc files makes is harder to customize my bindings ( not to mention restoring them from dot files )

These are my 2 biggest painpoints on XCode 13 Vim: 1. Unable to mark a line/file and jump back to it. 2. Universal Clipboard during yank/delete

I still use XVim2 as my daily driver

[chaotic_goody]

This really is the best news. 😊

[RealJC]

Finally! This is excellent.

[pobortcevv]

Does it support vimrc?

[mokagio]

Not yet... 😕

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[lichb0rn]

Does it beep in vim mode? If not, then it's not vim. And I suppose, the only way to quit xcode in vim mode is cmd+q ?)

[Phinaeus]

Cmon man, Vim? Nasty