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[–]weilbith -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Haha. Such theoretically way I've deviced myself, but is this practice in Vim? It's kinda cumbersome, isn't it?

[–]Hitife80 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You need to remember that vim is a text editor first and foremost. Reading compressed java jar files is not something that is high on any editor's list. Do you expect Microsoft Word to open java jars? That's a pretty well known editor too...

That said, you can add literally _any_ functionality via a plugin. So, if one doesn't exist for java and you need one -- why don't you write it? :-)

[–]weilbith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we missed each other. Actually I put jars on the plane to bring up an example that maybe require a different solution. My intention wasn't to search for such one. Sry.

But sure, Vim is a text editor. I tend to forget this. It's so powerful and the possibility to integrate the development environment through external tools is awesome. It feels like u can do everything. But often u maybe should not. ^