vim-cool VS novim-mode

Compare vim-cool vs novim-mode and see what are their differences.

vim-cool

A very simple plugin that makes hlsearch more useful. (by romainl)

novim-mode

Plugin to make Vim behave more like a 'normal' editor (by tombh)
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vim-cool novim-mode
24 5
499 138
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2.0 0.0
8 months ago about 1 year ago
Vim Script Vim Script
MIT License MIT License
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vim-cool

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-cool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-04.

novim-mode

Posts with mentions or reviews of novim-mode. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-15.
  • Modeless Vim
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2024
    I made a plugin to do this too! https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode

    I'd never heard of OP's, I'm sure we can work together to share ideas.

  • Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y'
    3 projects | /r/linux | 1 Apr 2023
    Perhaps https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode can help. Check it out, it came up when I had posted this on Hacker News last year.
  • PSA: insertmode got deleted on master
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 23 May 2022
    I actually maintain a plugin that tries to permanently keep (N)vim in Insert mode. https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode We've got over a 100 stars, so it's got some appeal.
  • I've been intimidated by Vim for over a decade, until I found vimtutor
    3 projects | /r/linux | 4 Jan 2022
    There's also this plugin that makes Vim's keybindings default to a traditional behaviour: https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode
  • Neovim 0.5 Is Overpowering
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 May 2021
    I'm in the curiously rare position of being a long time Neo/vim user who doesn't use its modal features. Namely I have all my keybindings setup like a "normal" editor, CTRL+S to save etc.

    I say it's curious because I've always been surprised that Neo/vim is mainly celebrated as "that modal editor". Whereas for me I celebrate it as the most feature-packed and lightweight terminal editor. Neo/vim is sooo much more than merely its modal editing.

    With this new release of Neovim maybe there's renewed interest in what Vim is beyond the stereotypes. I wrote a plugin a few years ago that intelligently disables Neo/vim's NORMAL mode [1]. It always seemed such an obvious idea when the majority of editors have their own plugins to intelligently enable Vim-style modality.

    1. https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-cool and novim-mode you can also consider the following projects:

FiraCode - Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

kickstart.nvim - A launch point for your personal nvim configuration

vim-sensible - sensible.vim: Defaults everyone can agree on

hop.nvim - Neovim motions on speed!

vim-visual-multi - Multiple cursors plugin for vim/neovim

neogit - An interactive and powerful Git interface for Neovim, inspired by Magit

firenvim - Embed Neovim in Chrome, Firefox & others.

traces.vim - Range, pattern and substitute preview for Vim

golden-ratio - Automatic resizing of Vim windows to the golden ratio

vim-fakeclip - Vim plugin: Provide pseudo "clipboard" registers

defaults.nvim - A small, documented, and featureful neovim starter config [Moved to: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim]