IdeaVim is a vim emulation plug-in for IDEs based on the IntelliJ platform.
Questions tagged [ideavim]
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Intellij IDEA with ideavim. Cannot copy text from another source
I tried to copy text from IDEA with ideavim plugin, using default vim keybindings (y). But this text isn't copied in global buffer and i can paste it only in IDEA.
How can I use copied piece of text in browser, for example?
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Pycharm with IdeaVim occasionally makes the keyboard unresponsive
Every so often when using PyCharm Community Edition with IdeaVim in Ubuntu 13.10, the keyboard stops accepting input and I have to restart the IDE. The cursor still moves when I click different text areas, but I can't type anything even after…
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Is there a way to get IdeaVIM to honor the mappings from my .vimrc file?
I've recently gotten into vim in a big way (again), and I now have a ton of customization in my .vimrc file. I realize that not everything in there would make sense in the context of an IDEA plugin, but I'd really like it if things like remapping jj…
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Hank Gay
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how to change editor behavior in intellij idea
I have installed IntelliJIdea 14.0.2 just now. I do not know its default editor but it is opening my source files in vi option now. So, not letting me do default action like Ctrl + v, Ctrl + d which was present before and I used to like it.
So, how…
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How do I tell IntelliJ IdeaVim to re-source the .ideavimrc
I made some changes to my .ideavimrc and I want IntelliJ IdeaVim to reload the file. I can obviously close and reopen IntelliJ, but that sucks.
How can I re-source my .ideavimrc without restarting IntelliJ?
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How to configure in IdeaVIM Ctrl + N and Ctrl + P completion from Vim?
In Vim we can use Ctrl + N or Ctrl + P to finish code completion. How to configure it in IdeaVim for IntelliJ?
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Using PhpStorm IdeaVim, I can't use shift+arrow keys to select words
I am using PhpStorm 7.1.2 with IdeaVim plugin.
When in Insert mode, I want to select words using Shift + ArrowKey. However, this IdeaVim plugin seems to be preventing from doing that. I can only highlight the words in Command mode using v…
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ideavim how to navigate to declaration / implementation of a method?
I was reading: http://ideavim.sourceforge.net/vim/quickref.html .
When my cursor is on a method how do I navigate to its declaration / impelementation (like ctrl-b in normal mode) I tried gd but it did not do anything.
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Intellij IdeaVim change keys
I would really like to be able to use IdeaVIM but I am unable to figure out where I can set my custom vim key mappings. For example instead of using Esc I would like to use Ctrl-C and instead of using hjkl I like to use wasd.
I have all these…
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How can I use vim plugins with Ideavim?
I would like to use Tim Pope's vim surround plugin in my Pycharm IDE. I've been using the IdeaVim plugin for Pycharm to use vim motions and commands.
I know I can use ~/.ideavimrc like my normal .vimrc but I cannot find
information about how to use…
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Sebastian Wozny
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Escape to IntelliJ IDEA shortcuts from IdeaVim
I'm used to both vim and IntelliJ default hotkeys. I'd like to not to have to change any of them - I'd rather like to be able to use conflicting IntelliJ bindings, like CTRL-P for example, after some kind of escape key.
Conflict balloon and my…
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Shortcut key to indent a block of text with IdeaVim and Phpstorm
Without IdeaVim in PhpStorm, the tab key can be used to indent a selected block of text. However, I'm interested to know if there's a shortcut key that does the same thing with the IdeaVim plugin installed (without losing any functionality that the…
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IdeaVim, multi cursor usage
I'm trying to trigger (to use) the IdeaVim multi cursor plugin: https://github.com/JetBrains/ideavim#emulated-vim-plugins -> multiple-cursors
In the github docs we have commands: , , , g to trigger/use this plugin, but I'm not…
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How to display current mode IdeaVIM is in?
I would like to see which Vim mode I am currently in while using IdeaVIM in PyCharm, or any other JetBrains IDE.
It happens that I select a single character with the mouse (e.g. accidental double-click on a single letter) and the cursor then…
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IdeaVim with Jupyter Notebook on PyCharm
I am trying out IntelliJ. I have installed the Python plugin, and IdeaVim.
I cannot navigate properly across Jupyter Notebook cells using hj. I mean, on normal mode, I cannot go to the next (or previous) cell, even if there is one, using hj.
Is…
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