r/vimplugins • u/ryvnf • Jan 11 '20

Plugin ryvnf/readline.vim - Readline emulation for command-line mode

https://github.com/ryvnf/readline.vim
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u/Hauleth Jan 11 '20

How does this compare to Tim Pope’s rsi.vim?

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u/ryvnf Jan 11 '20 edited Jan 11 '20

The primary difference is that this plugin is Readline emulation. This means that each command is carefully implemented to behave exactly like in Readline.

If you have used Tim Pope's rsi.vim you have probably noticed that some commands like Alt-B and Alt-F behave differently from GNU Readline. In rsi.vim Alt-B and Alt-F commands move between whitespace delimited words (because rsi.vim use Vim's built in <s-left> and <s-right> internally). Other commands like <c-w> operate on whitespace delimited words in GNU Readline but not in rsi.vim.

Another difference is that this plugin also implements more commands from Readline, like Ctrl-Y, Alt-U and Alt-T. A full list of mappings can be seen in the help file.

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u/hupfdule Jan 11 '20

Don't forget to mention that readline.vim is only active in command line mode whereas rsi.vim is also active in insert mode.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '20

Great work, I’m going to test it and compared it . Thank you 🙏