VIM emulator for Godot 4 (version 4.3.0)

What is this?

This is a Godot 4 plugin to emulates VIM-like editor behavior witin Godot editor itself (i.e. after installed and enabled, one could edit (kind of) like in VIM.

How to install?

1. Clone or download the source of the repo, and copy the addons folder to the root of your project.
2. Go to Project -> Project Settings -> Plugins tab and check the check box of the plugin named godot-vim

What's new?

• Changed version schema to godot_major_version.godot_minir_version.vim_plugin_version, so that it is easier to find the correct version of plugin for specific version of Godot editors
• Created a new branch 4.2 for Godot Editors 4.0 to 4.2
• Fixed selection issues due to CodeEdit.select() behavior change

VIM features supprted

Mode

- Normal mode
- Insert mode
- Visual mode
- Visual line mode

Motions

h, l, j, k, +, -
^, 0, $, |
H, L, M,
c-f, c-b, c-d, c-u,
G, gg
w, W, e, E, b, ge
%, f, F, t, T, ;
*, #, /, n, N
aw, a(, a{, a[, a", a'
iw, i(, i{, i[, i", i'

Operator

c, C,
d, D, x, X,
y, Y,
u, U, ~

Actions

p,
u, c-r,
c-o, c-i,
za, zM, zR,
q, @, .,
>, <
m, '

FAQ

1. How to override default Godot shortcuts with godot-vim's ones

   Note that all non-ascii character mappings that are already mapped in the default Godot editor have to be unmapped from the Editor settings (Editor >> Editor Settings >> Shorcuts) before being usable with godot-vim.

   This currently goes for:

   • Ctrl+R
   • Ctrl+U
   • Ctrl+D

   See the full list of non-ascii shortucts that may already be mapped by Godot and thus wouldn't work in godot-vim before releasing them in Godot settings: https://github.com/wenqiangwang/godot-vim/blob/main/addons/godot-vim/godot-vim.gd#L138

2. I found a problem, what should I do?

   • You could debug by yourself, changing the value of DEBUGGING variable to 1 to see logs
   • Or report the issue by providing a) the content of original text editing, b) the cursor position and c) key sequence that repros the issue