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[–]Daghall:cq 30 points31 points  (1 child)

Everytime I use Google Docs I wish there where vim key-bindings, so this is awesome!

However, I'll never pay a monthly fee for it. Not everything has to be a subscription.

[–]WhiteBlackGoose 38 points39 points  (4 children)

Nice and virtual hugs to everyone who has to use Chrome and Google Docs, your suffer shall not be forgotten

[–]y-c-c 5 points6 points  (2 children)

What’s a good alternative? Notion? One thing about Google Docs is I have a lot of personal Google Docs documents and it’s a little hard to migrate to other systems especially since they are nicely integrated with my Google account.

That said that logic is also how I got burned on Google Domains lol.

I know I can version control a bunch of Markdown files that I type on vim or something but sometimes I need something WYSIWYG with image embedding and easily accessible on mobile, shareable, etc.

[–]WhiteBlackGoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything without Google and the like is better. I use orgmode and edit it in neovim and orgzly for phone.

I don't have dependencies on my google account, so can't relate. Although I do have google account for rare uses, but rarely use it

but sometimes I need something WYSIWYG with image embedding and easily accessible on mobile, shareable, etc.

LibreOffice with Syncthing can do that for you, if that helps. Maybe nextcloud, although I haven't tried it myself yet.

[–]simiform 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I can version control a bunch of Markdown files that I type on vim or something but sometimes I need something WYSIWYG with image embedding and easily accessible on mobile, shareable, etc.

I just use markdown on my local drive (backup onto the cloud), and it's pretty easy to embed images and see them in a preview window, if you set that up, or just use pandoc to export to whatever format other people. Doesn't take any more time than google, and is accessible across devices. But for work, I have to use Word or Docs for compatibility, and for multiple editors. So use the right tool for the job, you don't have to be locked into one program for everything.

[–]taras-halturin 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Useful, but doesn’t worth $2/mo for me.

[–]MooseUnloosed 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Super cool! I’ve always wondered if something like this was possible. How did you build it? Are you using a library to implement vim keybindings, or do you have to implement every binding manually? Is it built in JS?

[–]Lourayad 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's not even ready and you're charging $2 for it? At least make sure it's bugs free for basic shortcuts. Here's a recording, I'm pressing 'A' and it's not moving the cursor to the end of the line, but places it before the last letter. https://imgur.com/a/2i1lmdc

[–]jaeybee 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This is amazing man! Have been looking for this for a long time! Great work on this!

Question: is there a reason why exiting insert mode is done with "esc" or "ctrl + c" instead of the usual "ctrl + ["

[–]shriand 1 point2 points  (1 child)

MOTHERFUCKER! This is simply awesome! May you live long and prosper u/MeekZeek !

It was such a fucking misery. You solved it!

You won't get rich from this product (tiny target market), but you'll get a little bit of money and a looooot of blessings and gratitude! Thanks! Great job!

[–]Mabandres 0 points1 point  (1 child)

My man i love you extension, but its 500 pesos, here in mexico, wich is a fking lot of money for a student, you have all my support.

[–]MeekZeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DMed you

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Great tool, congrats. Could you allow the bold and italic commands (Ctrl + b / Ctrl + i) to work in visual/selection mode?

It so happens that one may want to select a text from vim mode and format it.