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If there were a GUI editor that had 1st-class Vim keybindings, native LSP support, fuzzy finding, and convenient file management tools a la Ranger, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
OniVim2[0] looked really promising, but the project has unfortunately stalled after the creator had to step back for personal reasons.
[0]: https://v2.onivim.io/
You can read about the ReScript change here: https://rescript-lang.org/blog/bucklescript-is-rebranding
I wouldn't go so far as GP as to call it "drama", but the split left Reason without a reason (pun intended) to exist or any activity for that matter. Most of the people who liked Reason for frontend usecases moved to ReScript since that at least had some momentum behind it. Since the split, Reason itself has been largely on life support, with no significant changes and almost no forum activity in the past year. So newcomers to Reason see a dead community for a language which is a syntax extension for another language with a (relatively) alive community. The fact that Reason hasn't seen a surge in enthusiasm corresponding to the enthusiasm in the OCaml community with the advent of 5.0 and multicore is proof enough that Reason is dead, and projects written in Reason should probably consider moving to OCaml entirely considering there are planned changes to the OCaml syntax for effects which I don't think are going to make it to Reason.
Some people in the Reason world blame the ReScript people for this, which I think is entirely misplaced. The only reason (pun not intended this time) Reason has died off is that there is absolutely no clarity on the future of Reason. The creator of Reason, Jordan Walke, has been entirely MIA for about two years now. A version 4.0 was planned in 2020 and as of now hasn't come up. This issue was opened in Nov 2020 asking for future plans and is still unresolved, and the latest comment from a new developer just makes my point: https://github.com/reasonml/reason/issues/2634.
I love neovim and vim, but personally I've found that configuring the LSP has been very tedious and prone to breaking. For the last few months I've been using LunarVim, but always felt that it did too much and I felt it hard to configure.
The last few weeks though, someone tipped me off to: https://github.com/brainfucksec/neovim-lua
It's basially a neovim config that's not minimal, but very reasonable. You can install and all the LSP config just worked. I also found it very easy to configure and set up to my liking (added telescope, etc.)
If anyone out there is looking for a great base to start their own neovim config, try it out!
https://github.com/jamespwilliams/neovim-go-nix-develop
The above is my attempt to create a minimal Neovim configuration that uses treesitter and nvim-lsp (albeit only for Go).
It uses Nix, so if you have Nix installed you can immediately try the configuration out in a self-contained development shell.
It’s too minimal for everyday use, but could be of inspiration.
