Karabiner-elements: Question: Return of Ubiquitous Vim Mode?

[cro]

Greetings,

One of my favorite features of the original Karabiner was Ubiquitous Vim Mode. Will that be making an appearance in KE?

[watsoncj]

Hi @cro, I've hardcoded the fn + hjkl arrow mappings for now: https://github.com/watsoncj/Karabiner-Elements/commit/5531032a309fe99e7e153cb725b9f44a19da69c0

I'm not familiar with Karabiner Vim mode. Are there any other combos?

[cro]

@watsoncj Vim mode was basically a 'mini-Vim', it was modal in nature, supported several objects (cw, dd, w, b, etc), and really made my life easier when editing large textareas.

[gkb]

This is a major deal breaker for me with Karabiner Elements. The ubiquitous vim mode had the effect of helping me combat RSI and increase my productivity at the same time.

[raineorshine]

@gkb (S)uper (D)uper mode in https://github.com/jasonrudolph/keyboard comes very close.

[snoblenet]

+1

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[cro]

Still would love to see Ubiquitous Vim Mode in Karabiner-Elements.

[raineorshine]

I've been meaning to post my implementation, but I can't quite get the kinks out. It intermittently doubles the j when typed next to k 😂

https://github.com/raineorshine/hammerspoon-config

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[raineorshine]

My implementation posted above has been working more smoothly recently. You just have to modify the keys since I use Colemak.

[cro]

Thank you @raineorshine , I will try it out since I'm already a Hammerspoon user.

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[raineorshine]

Hammerspoon stopped working for me so the best solution I found is here: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/#emulation-modes (implemented in https://github.com/pqrs-org/KE-complex_modifications/blob/master/src/json/vi_mode.json.rb).

It's pretty good, although I wish there was a way to enter VI Mode with one key press before doing any action (it's too hard to hit the key + cmd + shift + k at the same time for example).

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