Vim: Stay on (yank, indent, outdent, delete, etc) feature

[davewasmer]

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one): Feature Request

One of the nice things I like about Atom's popular vim plugin, vim-mode-plus, is the option to enable stayOn{Yank,Delete,etc}. These options "try to keep original cursor position as much as posible after operation". It is an intentional difference from pure vim, and is behind a configuration flag.

I've got a local copy of this plugin that mimics that behavior - would you be open to a PR that adds similar options to this plugin? Just wondering before I go through the effort to package up a neat PR for it.

[davewasmer]

For reference, the vim-mode-plus docs for this feature: https://github.com/t9md/atom-vim-mode-plus/wiki/DifferencesFromPureVim#config-vmp-stayontransformstring-stayonyank-stayondelete

[jpoon]

Absolutely, we'd be happy to take PRs. Take a look at the existing implementations for Easymotion, Sneak plugins for an idea on how to integrate it.

[trkoch]

I'd also like to see this feature in VSCodeVim. @davewasmer, have you made any progress? How can I help?

[davewasmer]

@trkoch see #2622

[jdubwelch]

Currently I can maintain the current cursor position by adding this to my settings.

"vim.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
        "before": [ "y" ],
        "after": [ "y", "g", "v", "<ESC>" ]
    }
],

If you want to maintain the highlight, just remove the <ESC> part.

[DylanAndrews]

Did this ever actually get added. From what I can tell it didn't (no instance of stayOnYank in the source). Just wanted to check because it would be awesome to have it. Thanks!

[J-Fields]

No, this is not implemented. Would accept a PR if anyone wants to give it a shot.