flyinguard / vim.ahk

An experimental tool that attempts to bring some of vim's key bindings to the desktop

Description

Vim.ahk is a script that attempts to mimic Vim commands inside Windows applications.

The script is experimental and only supports a small subset of Vim commands.

Demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8sj_t23n_s

Usage

Vim.ahk is an Autohotkey script. It can be run using:

 AutoHotKey.exe vim.ahk

A standalone executable has also been compiled as a release:

 vim.ahk.exe

Modes

Vim.ahk supports the following modes:

• Suspended

In this mode the script does nothing. To activate the script, press the F12 key.
This key can be easily changed within the script (just search for F12 and replace it with the key of you choice).
Other good candidates are: CapsLock, F8 or the ContextMenu key.

• Normal
• Insert
• Visual

Regular Vim modes.

By default, the script starts in Suspended mode. It remembers the mode for each individual window, so each window will have it's own mode.

Supported commands

Esc
i
I
v

normal mode
    {motion}
        h j k l
        numeric multipliers
        w                           
        0                   
        ^
        $

    d{motion}
    dd
    D
    
    y{motion}                       
    yy                              
    Y

    c{motion}
    cc                              
    C

    p
    
    s
    S

    a
    A

    b

    e

    n                              
    N

    o                               
    O

    u

    x
    X                               

    J                               

    >>

    <<                              

visual mode
    h j k l
    numeric multipliers (except 0) 
    >
    <

registers
    named: a-z, A-Z
    numbered: 0, 1, 2-9
    blackhole: _

Limitations

w - word boundaries
yy - moves cursor
cc - doesn't preserve indentation
o - no multipliers
X - deletes beginning of line
<< - deletes everything, not just indentation