Vim for Google Docs™
Vim for Google Docs: Supercharge Your Typing With Vim
Total ratings
3.96
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Offers core Vim functionality in Google Docs
- Developer is responsive and actively working on improvements
- Improves the overall editing experience compared to native Google Docs
Cons
- Incomplete support for many Vim commands
- Requires payment after a trial period
- Certain features like cutting and pasting don't work as expected
Most mentioned
- Incomplete support for basic Vim commands
- Need for more features and options
- Responsive developer addressing user feedback
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-12-06 |  | | en | I've never left a bad review in my life. I think the high star ratings are to encourage the developer, because people so desperately would love to have this and want to encourage the developer to continue to make improvements. Another reviewer said "As an instinctive vim user, the incomplete support often creates a train wreck because a sequence of movement and editing commands will yield an unexpected result." THIS! In fact, learning the exceptions to effectively use this plugin will mess up your productivity when you're using VIM for your coding. I can't even get some really basic stuff to work. In NORMAL mode, "dd" indeed deletes the line, but following up with a "p" doesn't paste it. In the "Remap Your Keys" page, there is an option to toggle "Cut Text" for "dd". I'm not exactly sure what that is supposed to do. Having that enabled, "dd" no longer deletes the line, and "p" still doesn't paste anything. I can't get the analogous procedures to work in VISUAL mode either. Clearly, a LOT of work has gone into this. But, don't charge money for something that's not going to be fully supported. I'd be happy to pay 3x what is asked for this app ... if it worked. If it's not going to be fully supported, then make it open source. Using v1.17 in Chrome on Windows 11 |
| 2024-11-08 |  | | en | Would be great to also add support for word online. While the core is here and worth using, many common motions are missing which is a shame ({ {#}f{char} etc. |
| 2024-09-22 |  | | en | goat, bought it. thanks |
| 2024-09-01 |  | | pt | Horrível. |
| 2024-08-31 |  | | en | Nice extension, but missing crucial features like relative line numbering. |
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| 2024-06-28 |  | | en | Delete doesn't copy to the clipboard which is a huge limitation, but really good work |
| 2024-05-31 |  | | en | Great plugin, would love to see this plugin extended to be able to work with office 365! |
| 2024-05-29 |  | | en | I have been eagerly anticipating this feature, and it truly makes Google Docs an ideal tool for writing! Thank you very much. I have a feature request: For the 'f' command, which is supposed to move the cursor to the next occurrence of a character on the current line, works well now. After moving to the first occurrence, i wish i could just press ';' to move to the next occurrence and ',' to move to the previous occurrences. I was having this issue where 'f' was not working at all, but i just reloaded my tab today and it started working. |
| 2024-03-22 |  | | en | Great product, as it is the only Vim extension on the Chrome Web Store that works for Google Docs. Overall, I would definitely recommend it, but it could use some other additions to navigation. - Using Control Keys for navigation, including Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Y, Ctrl-D, and Ctrl-U for moving the buffer up and down - Fix error where holding keys including 'h', 'k', and 'l' for Vim navigation opens auto suggestions for diacritics - Typing colon will open the option menu on Google Docs, acting as Vim "Command Line" - Fix bug where Vim Visual Line Mode within a paragraph will select the entire paragraph - Finally, additional features that the extension lacks (I understand that this is a new project) |
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