Hacker News with Generative AI: Vim

Vim vs. Kakoune Puzzles (strongly-typed-thoughts.net)
I have come across Esoteric Vim lately, an article that shows how to perform various advanced text manipulation in Vim. It dates from February 2025, so it’s a recent article about modern Vim. This article shows exactly why I think Vim is outdated, and why I think Kakoune — and by extension, since it’s based on it, Helix as well — has a much better text edition design.
Text Editors, Vim, Kakoune, Programming
11 points by todsacerdoti 2 days ago | 2 comments
Microsoft's New Text Editor Is a Vim and Nano Alternative (howtogeek.com)
Text Editors, Microsoft, Vim, Nano, Software
7 points by kaycebasques 3 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Hardtime.nvim – break bad habits and master Vim motions (github.com/m4xshen)
Break bad habits, master Vim motions
Programming, Vim, Productivity, Software
210 points by m4xshen 5 days ago | 86 comments
Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained (2023) (ssp.sh)
Throughout my time as a developer, I’ve used VS Code, Sublime, Notepad++, TextMate, and others. But shortcuts like cmd(+shift)+end and jumping with option+arrow-keys from word to word needed to be faster at some point.
Programming, Text Editors, Vim
108 points by sebg 29 days ago | 100 comments
Show HN: Building Vim as an Portable Executable (github.com/edoannunziata)
I made Vim into an Actually Portable Executable
Programming, Vim, Software, Operating Systems
10 points by qsort 37 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Zxc – Rust TLS proxy with tmux and Vim as UI, BurpSuite alternative (github.com/hail-hydrant)
The tool requires vim plugin which enables vim to function as a user interface. Each window and filetype has its own set of keybindings and commands.
Security, Rust, Tools, Vim
106 points by darkseid_is 50 days ago | 15 comments
TUI editor and Vim/Neovim alternative (github.com/tauraamui)
A VIM-Like editor for your terminal (chat on Discord)
Terminal Editors, Text Editors, Vim, Neovim
58 points by znano 60 days ago | 60 comments
Show HN: Searchable Vim Cheat Sheet with Favorites (Open-Source) (vercel.app)
Vim, Cheat Sheets, Open Source, Programming, Productivity
63 points by lil_csom 75 days ago | 29 comments
The Efficiency of Vim (bencornia.com)
I learned to touch type in fifth grade. We would shuffle into the computer lab and open up Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing1. I peaked at about 80 wpm. Today, I type somewhere between 60-70 wpm. If I am writing code then that drops to 40-50 wpm. It bothers me that I can't crack 100 wpm but what I have come to realize is that text editing is less about typing speed and more about typing efficiency.
Vim, Text Editing, Programming, Productivity
55 points by bencornia 87 days ago | 81 comments
Augment.vim: AI Chat and completion in Vim and Neovim (github.com/augmentcode)
Augment's Vim/Neovim plugin provides inline code completions and multi-turn chat conversations specially tailored to your codebase.
AI, Programming, Vim, Neovim, Code Completion
94 points by knes 93 days ago | 33 comments
Vim after Bram: a core maintainer on how they've kept it going (thenewstack.io)
Vim, Open Source, Software Development, Community
228 points by MilnerRoute 96 days ago | 92 comments
Show HN: VimLM – A Local, Offline Coding Assistant for Vim (github.com/JosefAlbers)
VimLM is a Vim plugin that provides an LLM-powered assistant for code editing by allowing users to interact with a local LLM model through Vim commands and automatically ingesting code context.
Vim, Code Editors, AI, Software
93 points by JosefAlbers 98 days ago | 18 comments
Automating the Vim Workplace (2020) (sharats.me)
I majorly use two tools for my coding workflow and one of them is GVim (on Windows). It’s my primary choice for editing text for ten years now and in that time, I’ve picked up several habits and tricks that made me very productive.
Productivity, Vim, Workflow, Text Editing
74 points by leonry 103 days ago | 38 comments
I miss Vim (leblancfg.com)
I've been using neovim for almost two years now and I'm gonna go out come out and say it. I miss vanilla vim.
Text Editors, Vim, Neovim
34 points by thunderbong 111 days ago | 53 comments
What are the dark corners of Vim your mom never told you about? (stackoverflow.com)
There are a plethora of questions where people talk about common tricks, notably "Vim+ctags tips and tricks".
Vim, Programming, Text Editors
7 points by sebg 112 days ago | 1 comments
I Miss Vim (leblancfg.com)
I've been using neovim for almost two years now and I'm gonna go out come out and say it. I miss vanilla vim.
Text Editors, Vim, Neovim
7 points by ingve 112 days ago | 4 comments
Vim Roadmap 2025 (zed.dev)
Zed’s Vim mode continues to improve! My newest favorite feature is the ! operator, which was the "last holdout" for common Vim operators:
Vim, Editors, Software, Programming
43 points by testelastic 114 days ago | 25 comments
Trying out Zed after more than a decade of Vim/Neovim (sgoel.dev)
I'm currently drafting this blog post in Zed. After using Vim/Neovim for more than 15 years, I recently decided to try out something new. I don't know if this little experiment will work, or if I'll run back to my trusty Neovim, but hey, what I do know is that I'd like to find out.
Text Editors, Vim, Neovim, Zed
188 points by siddhant 119 days ago | 149 comments
Llama.vim – Local LLM-assisted text completion (github.com/ggml-org)
Local LLM-assisted text completion.
Text Editing, Programming, AI, Vim
530 points by kgwgk 120 days ago | 105 comments
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in Vim (eieio.games)
Why should I leave vim to watch a video?
Regular Expressions, Vim, Programming, Video Games, Creative Projects
598 points by vortex_ape 131 days ago | 61 comments
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in Vim (eieio.games)
Why should I leave vim to watch a video?
Regex, Vim, Programming, Humor
3 points by LorenDB 132 days ago | 0 comments
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in Vim (eieio.games)
Why should I leave vim to watch a video?
Regular Expressions, Vim, Programming, Creative Projects
5 points by LorenDB 132 days ago | 0 comments
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regular expressions in Vim (twitter.com)
Regular Expressions, Vim, Programming, Creative Projects
5 points by SchwKatze 133 days ago | 0 comments
Bad Apple with Regex in Vim (eieio.games)
Why should I leave vim to watch a video?
Vim, Regex, Programming, Video Editing
3 points by chunkles 133 days ago | 1 comments
Vim is a cast iron skillet (eamoncaddigan.net)
Vim was released as “Vim” in 1991, and is an extended version of vi, which itself has been around since 1976. Its default interface—the one I use daily—is a “text user interface” that’s launched in a terminal emulator (i.e., the “command line”2). Vim has mouse support, but it’s superfluous because everything can be accomplished through commands typed on the keyboard.
Vim, Text Editors, Command Line, Software, User Interface
12 points by ossusermivami 150 days ago | 6 comments
Ask HN: What Vim habits did you need to unlearn? (ycombinator.com)
If you don't use Vim, know that it has probably the steepest learning curve of any text editor (or at least non-IDE editors) and many users pick up habits along the way they need to unlearn.
Text Editors, Vim, Learning, Habits
4 points by WonderAlmighty 156 days ago | 8 comments
What Is Vim? (jonas.foo)
The answer seems fairly obvious - an editor. To some an obscure way to interact with your computer, to others the only way.
Text Editors, Programming, Vim
136 points by sauercrowd 160 days ago | 176 comments
Qutebrowser: A keyboard-driven, Vim-like browser (github.com/qutebrowser)
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
Web Browsers, Keyboard Navigation, Vim, Python, Qt
135 points by AbuAssar 166 days ago | 76 comments
Switching to the meow modal editing system from evil Emacs (esrh.me)
The first modal editing system I used was vim. After the initial learning curve that comes with getting used to not being able to type in every mode, it introduced me to a few key ideas that I feel lead to decidedly more efficient editing
Text Editors, Programming, Efficiency, Vim
17 points by fanf2 182 days ago | 5 comments
Unused Keys in Vim (fandom.com)
This page lists single unused keys in Vim. As such, it is an inverted version of :help index. In addition, the page lists synonyms that can safely be mapped.
Vim, Key Bindings, Text Editing, Programming
7 points by todsacerdoti 194 days ago | 0 comments