Vixi

A "Vim like" frontend for xi-editor.

Warning

This frontend is under heavy development. A lot of stuff can break and change.

The "Vim like" approach

The idea behind Vixi is to use the powerful keybinding of Vim without keeping all the complexities and inconsistencies. In other words, keeping the 20% of Vim used by 80% of users.

Configuration

All the keybinding presented below can be overriden via the keyboard.toml configuration file. You can find an example of keyboard.toml config which will override all the default values with the exact same values.

Those configuration files should live inside a vixi folder placed into the OS specific config directory.

How to use it

Modes

Vixi behavior is split in "modes" (like Vim). Those are:

• Normal (the default one) used to move and manipulate stuff
• Insert used to insert stuff
• Visual used to select stuff and manipulate it
• Action used to make generic action (save/quit/etc)

At any time you can return to the Normal mode by pressing the Esc key. You can note that the Action mode doesn't exists on Vim. This somewhat corresponds to the Vim mapLeader key.

Normal mode

The Normal mode is the default one. It is mainly used to move the cursor around and switch into the other modes.

Insert mode

The Insert mode is used to insert some content.

Visual mode

The Visual mode is used to select some text and manipulate it.

Action mode

The Action mode is used to make some generic action like saving or exiting.