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I program Java and I'm incredibly productive with a vi-style editor, but I love an integrated environment to help me with method selection, refactoring, debugging, etc. I currently use JBuilder and jVI (available from jvi.sourceforge.net. I would like to try eclipse, but need the vi editing to really make a switch. I tried downloading vim (gvim+ole) and tried to get Eclipse to talk to gvim 6.1 through OLE (on Windows 2000) with no real luck. I want vi-editing with codesense (intelligence about Java). All I was able to do was have vim launched externally. Not quite the integration I was hoping for. For more information on VIM and it's OLE interface please see http://www.vim.org/doc/if_ole.txt Thanks, Mike
We will be unable to address this for 2.0. Although we now support the definition of key maps (by extension, not by the user), we will only have rudimentary support for emacs for 2.0, not vi. The underlying mechanisms do not support the modes required to do vi emulation. Defering to v3 for consideration of improving these mechanisms. Tight integration with an existing vi editor which supports OLE is also interesting, but of course will only work on Windows. We are unlikely to do this ourselves. This would be an excellent opportunity for you or someone else in the open source community to contribute to eclipse.
Reopen for investigation
It was reopened as part of a PR administration pass. Unfortunately the fact that it was reopened doesn't mean anything special. If there is time, it may be investigated. Eclipse will open OLE documents inplace (ex. .doc, .ppt) OLE controls may be used in a custom editor/view (See the SWT html browser example)
this is not a key bindings issue anymore - key bindings can be fully customized but vi emulation requires special support from the editor. closing this pr - best step is to try and lobby vi emulation to the draft proposal.
