Using VIM as the text editor in KDevelop

[Steven Suson]

Gets my vote!


Robert Campbell wrote:

> OK.... Someone had to say it, so I will.
>
> EMACS!! or specifically Xemacs
>
> It already has the ability to be embedded into another application.... This, like vim would give us nice source code formatting, customizable keys (sorry, but I finally got used to the default xemacs setup), and even better yet, exensibility with
> lisp..... etc, etc, etc, we all know emacs ;-)
>
> Daniel Lynes wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 20 March 2001 11:43, you wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to use VIM inside of the IDE instead of KWrite? Or is this
> > > just a bad idea... =)
> >
> > No...it's a great idea! :)
> >
> > There was discussion about it before...I think it was pre v1.0 KDevelop.
> > However, I don't think it went anywhere, because the developers seemed to
> > indicate it would be too difficult to implement a vi mode, because of the
> > command mode, and atm, afaik, they dont' have any hooks for external editors,
> > and code sync.
> >
> > For an example of how a scenario like this might work, take a look at
> > Codewright's MSDev synchronization.  It's kinda crazy.  However, vim works
> > fine with MSDev studio without the need for a sync tool, using the visvim
> > plugin.  I don't think you can use plugins with KDevelop yet, though.
> >
> > You could always add your own feature, and submit the patch for it to the
> > project, however.
> >
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