liango2 / 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

Usage

Vim.ahk was created with Autohotkey_L.

In order to use it, install Autohotkey_L, then run the vim.ahk file.

Alternativelly, run vim.ahk.exe, which is a compiled version of the script. This does not require Autohotkey_L to be installed.

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