libvim VS LunarVim

I am working on a hobby project in which I need to simulate vim motions outside of vim. I need some API that have functions that would take as input a text, some vim mode and a key (or sequence of keys) and return what is the output text and vim mode. It could be in Rust, C or C++. I tried using libvim (https://github.com/onivim/libvim) but it is way more than I want (and also, I am having a hard time to build it on my machine). Are there any other alternatives?

Hi there! I'm trying to import https://github.com/onivim/libvim in a separate standalone file. But, just cloning the repository and using #include "../libvim/src/libvim.h" doesn't work, as the file contains multiple errors. It seems to me that libvim also have other dependencies that are missing, which causes such errors. If I try to build it, in the way that is explained in README.md it works, but I suppose that this happens because the Makefile adds the necessary dependencies. The Makefile has over 3000 lines, and I don't have much experience on this. Is there a standard way to automatically add any necessary dependencies? Am I using this library in a wrong way?

Oni is a proper neovim gui, whereas Oni2 is something else entirely (uses https://github.com/onivim/libvim).

You might want to look at https://github.com/onivim/libvim Dunno what it's capabilities are, but, it might be of use.

In progress work, but we do use vim under the hood (i.e. a fork of vim, where we've made it more suitable for being used as a library: https://github.com/onivim/libvim). So we can support vim plugins (or at least a subset of them), we just want to have tests back up and running for them in libvim, and have more testing in place at the Oni2 end as well.

Seems they had trouble implementing that with Neovim[0]. Relevant reddit thread[1]

0: https://github.com/onivim/libvim#why-is-libvim-based-on-vim-...

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/cdf36v/onivim2_chan...

FYI, this isn't built on neovim anymore https://github.com/onivim/libvim#why-is-libvim-based-on-vim-and-not-neovim

LunarVim

I would suggest to start getting into vim by first trying out popular vim keybinding plugins available on your favorite code editor and get used to those first. Then, if you want to dive deeper into the power of Neovim, try out popular configs like LazyVim, LunarVim, NvChad... Taking Neovim from a mere text editor to a full-featured IDE with features like intellisense, debugging, testing, etc... on your own takes quite a lot of work and configuration.

I used Helix for a while due to its support for LSP out-of-the-box, which my Vim config at the time couldn't live up to. I switched back to NeoVim after finding LunarVim[1] which had everything I was trying to get setup in my own config.

[1] https://www.lunarvim.org/

I'll admit I didn't look into it, but Helix sounds like something like LunarVim (https://www.lunarvim.org/)

Personally I much prefer that the editor NOT ship with something like that by default, especially when it's so easy to set up. I have several different vim config I use, including a pretty bare-bones one for headless systems, and I much prefer the ability to customize something very specifically.

Build tools that can compose together, rather than a single do-it-all tool. That is the power of the low level editors vs IDE's.

I can't comment on any implementation details, but at least with LunarVim (which I use for daily coding), a slowdown when interacting with LSP is very noticeable. Some others have attested to this on a GitHub issue.

I'm not doubting your experiences with the lack of a slowdown, but there is truth that others do experience it. That might be more of a problem with LunarVim itself rather than Vim, but how likely am I (as someone who would like to avoid what he calls "config hell") or other newcomers to avoid whatever pitfalls there are, if a distribution designed for ease of use by people who know better fall into them?

https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim/discussions/3359

Anyways, although i have not used them, LazyVim and LunarVim comes highly recommended. You can try these and see what suits you .