Min/Maxxing VS Code by Stripping the UI and Adding Vim

[@nikilk]

Beyond vim you can also setup keybindings to split your screen vertically / horizontally and jumping between the different panes with kb shortcuts. Also when in the explorer creating new files or folders with just keybinds. Another super useful bit is using “m” and backtick to jump to it. For example you could ma and then backtick a to jump to the last marker called a. You also have multiple clipboard registries the global one or the many local ones. The rabbit hole goes very deep once you start down that path and it’s awesome.

[@itztlacoliuhqui]

You can just use :vs command to split screen

[@TheAkayuki]

Tips for those using vsVIM: Turn on relational numbers in vscode settings to not have to count the line numbers. you can also use z t to scroll current line to top of window. (or zb to scroll to bottom, and zz to center current line)

[@BurtonJohnson]

I installed that Synthwave x Fluouromachine theme that Rob recommended. Rob's sense of humor is... challenging.

[@khald0r]

7:03 "I'm gonna use my mouse" 🤮 .. you know it's wrong

[@adrianscarlett]

Are there any benefits to this over zen mode? Opening a terminal as a regular tab is an amazing tip.

[@felipeaprotazio]

How did you hide the window title bar?

[@theangelofspace155]

You forgot to asd how painful it os to use it within a python notebook

[@gregwojan1773]

I'm a bit concerned/confused over the comment "If you like Vim, use Vim..." in the context of this video. The VSCode Neovim extension only works with Neovim to my understanding and the vscodevim extension is not really Vim so, again, I'm confused. The other thing that was really glossed over was all the Neovim extensions that magically appeared. I'm guessing this was due to using Lazy.nvim and a default init.lua that wasn't explained?

[@jliendostuardo]

What would I do all these changes instead of using zen mode + neovim extension?

[@rafaelsanchezmartinez9393]

Me after watching this video, goes to Reddit* and post "New minimal setup rate 0/10" xd

[@izd4]

This is beautiful

[@_-tg-_]

Thats nice but I just dont see why would someone use it instead of using nvim. This still has memory footprint bigger than nvim. :o

[@dipeshsamrawat7957]

Thank you 😊

[@code]

You're welcome 😊

[@danielmclellan7762]

You made a video about a reddit post

[@arztareef]

why not just use vim

[@pencilcheck]

Not everyone is brave

[@DamagedAndroid]

The only downside to this setup is how do you tell what mode you’re in without the status?

[@code]

Block cursor: Normal Pipe cursor: Insert Selected text: Visual Top menu: Command You do get used to it. The most important is block cursor for Normal mode. Also: CMD-SB to bring up the status bar which tells you (that got edited out)

[@MaxSlimmer]

Also, when in doubt: ESC

[@MaxSlimmer]

And remap CAPS LOCK -> ESC

[@girishsuch]

Awesome background, Rob. nice to see and hear you. #ThisDevelopersLife

[@gregwojan1773]

BTW, why the heck isn't there a way to toggle relative line numbers in VSCode? That seems like a huge oversight and the only way to do it is edit one's settings. 🤯

[@Michallote]

Yeah seems kind of a basic feature. There is an extesion called cycler that allows keybindings to go from one setting to any other in a cycle. Like relative and absolute line numbers

[@enterprisesoftwarearchitect]

“Memorize a million keyboard combos that only work in one software app!” Or maybe come into the 1980’s when we invented UI’s. Why aren’t you using it instead of Outlook if it’s so great!? Heh heh

[@rockonhero3611]

So basically VScode admits it’s feature creep and recommends real editors?

[@pencilcheck]

Still not the same as neon I’m but good for those who want the clean layout and just can’t jump to neovim

[@bevik12]

Where is Primeagen? 😁

[@AdamtheADHDev]

This is awesome. I've been dabbling with neovim but don't have the confidence to go all the way yet, so this is actually really useful.

[@KnOtoUt]

Vs code vim vs vscode nvim which one do you think is better ?

[@keeganj19]

You could use an ssh tunnel in vs code so you can edit files in the IDE itself and not have to use something like vim

[@simpingsyndrome]

dude what do u mean?

[@martdayniel5674]

True although there is no guarantee that the vscode server is allowed to run in the remote you will be connecting to.

[@Yesterday_i_ate_rat]

​@@simpingsyndromehe's talking about the extension called remote - SSH " , with that you can ssh into another machine

[@VirbalRay]

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[@so_annoying]

What about using copilot chat with neovim setup?