obsidian-vimrc-support VS quick-explorer

with vim mode enabled in settings, from normal view you can create a new line below with 'o' or a new line above with 'shift+o'. you can rebind with the vimrc plugin.

Another thing I was considering was using this: https://github.com/esm7/obsidian-vimrc-support

The vimrc-support plug-in comes with a built-in surround command which you can bind to.

The one thing that immediately comes to my mind is that you need an extension in order to be able to use a .vimrc. I also don't think you can use any vim plugins.

The plugin esm7/obsidian-vimrc-support and the built-in vim support is the closest we can get for a mouse-free experience.

" .obsidian.vimrc " " A small .vimrc for Obsidian vim bindings " " To enable this file, you must install the Vimrc Support plugin for Obsidian: " https://github.com/esm7/obsidian-vimrc-support " _________________________________________________________________________ " ; (semicolon) - same as : (colon) nmap ; : " (space) - same as : (colon) nmap : " j and k navigate visual lines rather than logical ones nmap j gj nmap k gk

You can extend the built in features with your own config using this plugin: https://github.com/esm7/obsidian-vimrc-support

Obsidian's Vim functionality is just using whatever is available to the codemirror editor, it doesn't actually have all of the features of Vim. It's possible to get a plugin which allows for loading a .vimrc but again, the supported functionality is limited (i.e. there are lots of vim settings and features that do not work despite being valid in a regular .vimrc). It's not hard to find an example of this either; in actual Vim the movement dj will delete the current line and also the line below it. In Obsidian with Vim features enabled, it will only delete the current line. This is a simple example that has nothing to do with getting snippets working, but it is indicative that the actual Vim text editor and the Vim features available to Obsidian are not the same.

For file navigation check out Quick Explorer. I use that along with the Note File Autorename by the same author and it helps eliminate a lot of the need for mouse navigation of the file tree.