This has appeared on the backside of Xcode’s Textual content Modifying > Modifying settings, certain to make many vi customers very completely happy indeeed:
The change is heralded within the Launch Notes:
Utilizing the brand new vim options is tremendous simple. When the Vim keybindings are enabled, the underside of your supply editor will get this, displaying present state, plus a number of reminders for these whose muscle reminiscence isn’t fairly present. It’s as much as you to know your hjkluybn stuff.
You may inform for those who’re navigating or enhancing by the form of the cursor. The cursor is a big block once you’re navigating or utilizing any of the instructions listed right here. It’s a vertical pipe when instantly coming into textual content.
You may faucet i to insert textual content, switching to textual content entry mode after which ESC to return to navigate. Utilizing a colon : doesn’t do something right here, so no :wq, which isn’t an enormous shock as neither w nor q makes a ton of sense in Xcode.
Anyway, in case your a vimficianado, congratulations and luxuriate in the brand new toy.