SketchyVim VS Amethyst

However, I do look for projects that embed vim in other applications. Stuff like https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim, https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim, and the deceased https://www.onivim.io all embed real, actual (Neo)vim in text input fields and it just feels right

if you're on macOS, there's SketchyVim

there's a free, open source project that brings a Vim backend engine to macOS: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim currently it's using libvim but a neovim port should be possible. the issue though using a Vim backend is that it's not adapted to macOS' buffer. so it will work only 1) if the text is readable and writable 2) moves like zz, L, etc. that play with screen buffers will not work.

With this nifty utility https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim you can use the power of vim in Safari, in Finder search boxes and a multitude of other places in macOS. It works by using a real vim buffer in the backend and synchronizing it with the system text fields via the accessibility API. It is super light weight and all vim text features are supported. If you enjoy vim as much as I do this utility might be worth a try.

That scratchpad idea with a global hotkey sounds like a solution that could work. I haven't tried it, but isn't that similar (functionality-wise) to https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim?

There is a much more capable open source version of this: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim

I found this very powerful tool which enables vim bindings in most macOS text boxes: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim. It is a

I'm using amethyst as my Window manager, and I'm feeling fine

And for the second part, we have Wins to manually drag and set the window position, and Amethyst to set it automatically.

If you find the native window management lackluster (like I do), you can install a window manager like Amethyst, or yabai, veeer, or many others.

I also used Amethyst, but I think yabai is much better

Amethyst is my tiling manager of choice for macOS: https://ianyh.com/amethyst/

It was a little buggy when Ventura dropped, but it gets frequent updates and has stabilized in the past few months.

This can be done through third party programs such as amethyst. It's not a native feature unless I am mistakened.

`cask "amethyst"` [link][oss] for `i3` like window management

> tmux helps all 3, but not particular good at either.

iTerm2 on macOS has some nice tmux integration[1]. Basically, you run a tmux session (using tmux -CC), but the actual window management on the client side is handled by iTerm2. This works pretty nicely with the tiling WM (Amethyst[2]) I use on macOS.

If anybody is aware of Wayland compositors that integrate similarly, please let me know. I'd love to be able to do the same on my linux machines.

[1]: https://iterm2.com/documentation-tmux-integration.html

[2]: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst