Textmate and vim modes

Question

It is possible to emulate vim modes, macros and bindings in textmate?

Answer 1

I used to love TextMate, but changed to Vim after finally giving it a chance. I'm somewhat amused that ViMate exists. However, in my experience, vi input modes are kinda hit-and-miss. (Example: viper mode in emacs. It's close, but not enough to make me start to use emacs. Also, the system-wide keybindings for OS X.) I'll be interested to see how it turns out.

If what you're looking for is a "Mac integrated Vim" through TextMate, you might try MacVim too. It's the real Vim, but it has Mac keybindings and looks prettier. :) (It's like gvim, but written in Cocoa, I believe.)

Answer 2

You can use ViMate.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/27072

This is the list of features already implemented in ViMate. Hope this helps.

Implemented

Movement

• k - moveUp
• j - moveDown
• l - moveForward
• h - moveBackward
• w - moveWordForward
• b - moveWordBackward
• e - moveToEndOfWord
• 0 - moveToBeginningOfLine
• $ - moveToEndOfLine

• [movement] - move # number of times

Insert

• a - insertForward (not repeatable)
• i - insertBackward (not repeatable)
• o - insertBelow (not repeatable)
• O - insertAbove (not repeatable)

Cut

• d - cutSelection
• dd - cutLine (not repeatable)
• dl,x - cutForward (not repeatable)
• dh,X - cutBackward (not repeatable)
• dw - cutWordForward (not repeatable)
• db - cutWordBackward (not repeatable)
• de - cutToEndOfWord (not repeatable)
• d0 - cutToBeginningOfLine
• D,d$ - cutToEndOfLine

Copy

• y - copySelection
• yy - copyLine (not repeatable)
• yl - copyForward (not repeatable)
• yh - copyBackward (not repeatable)
• yw - copyWordForward (not repeatable)
• yb - copyWordBackward (not repeatable)
• ye - copyToEndOfWord (not repeatable)
• y0 - copyToBeginningOfLine
• y$ - copyToEndOfLine

Change

• c - changeSelection
• cc - changeLine (not repeatable)
• cl - changeForward (not repeatable)
• ch - changeBackward (not repeatable)
• cw - changeWordForward (not repeatable)
• cb - changeWordBackward (not repeatable)
• ce - changeToEndOfWord (not repeatable)
• c0 - changeToBeginningOfLine
• c$ - changeToEndOfLine

Paste

• P - pasteBefore (hacky near end of file)
• p - pasteAfter (hacky near end of file)

Scroll

• ctrl-e - scrollLineDown (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
• ctrl-y - scrollLineUp (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
• ctrl-f - scrollLineDown (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
• ctrl-b - scrollLineUp (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)

Answer 3

@TK Here's the complete list of ViMate commands from Starving Cyclist:

Movement:
k - moveUp
j - moveDown
l - moveForward
h - moveBackward
w - moveWordForward
b - moveWordBackward
e - moveToEndOfWord
0 - moveToBeginningOfLine
$ - moveToEndOfLine
#[movement] - move # number of times
Insert:
a - insertForward (not repeatable)
i - insertBackward (not repeatable)
o - insertBelow (not repeatable)
O - insertAbove (not repeatable)
Cut:
d - cutSelection
dd - cutLine (not repeatable)
dl,x - cutForward (not repeatable)
dh,X - cutBackward (not repeatable)
dw - cutWordForward (not repeatable)
db - cutWordBackward (not repeatable)
de - cutToEndOfWord (not repeatable)
d0 - cutToBeginningOfLine
D,d$ - cutToEndOfLine
Copy:
y - copySelection
yy - copyLine (not repeatable)
yl - copyForward (not repeatable)
yh - copyBackward (not repeatable)
yw - copyWordForward (not repeatable)
yb - copyWordBackward (not repeatable)
ye - copyToEndOfWord (not repeatable)
y0 - copyToBeginningOfLine
y$ - copyToEndOfLine
Change:
c - changeSelection
cc - changeLine (not repeatable)
cl - changeForward (not repeatable)
ch - changeBackward (not repeatable)
cw - changeWordForward (not repeatable)
cb - changeWordBackward (not repeatable)
ce - changeToEndOfWord (not repeatable)
c0 - changeToBeginningOfLine
c$ - changeToEndOfLine
Paste:
P - pasteBefore (hacky near end of file)
p - pasteAfter (hacky near end of file)
Scroll:
ctrl-e - scrollLineDown (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
ctrl-y - scrollLineUp (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
ctrl-f - scrollLineDown (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
ctrl-b - scrollLineUp (not repeatable, doesn't keep caret in view)
Visual Mode:
V - highlight line
v - visual mode
Repeat:
1,2,3... - repeat next command (buggy)

Answer 4

Try VicoApp. It's similar to textmate and has support many Vim key-bindings.