I'm using VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1. What am I missing?
I'm kind of desperate to switch. Getting massive FOMO from colleagues using VS Code. But I really like using the keyboard to navigate. What should I do?
Does NeoVim support Claude Code?
I'm kind of desperate to switch. Getting massive FOMO from colleagues using VS Code. But I really like using the keyboard to navigate. What should I do?
Does NeoVim support Claude Code?
Lua has been a big boon to advanced configuration and the plugin ecosystem and Neovim supports everything I'd want and more. LSP and treesitter for instance are still better handled by Neovim.
If you dislike Lua (I'm not a fan) I recommend Fennel, but either way it's much better than Vimscript.
As for Claude there are at least two Neovim plugins for it. I use one of them and it works well but I can't remember which.
One major difference is neovim allowing to use Lua for configuration and plugins. I find Lua to be neater than vimscript.
[1]: https://www.lazyvim.org/ [2]: https://youtu.be/N93cTbtLCIM
Course and book (free html, available pdf and dead tree). Covers everything I've needed concisely.
Although no LLM support in the editor, I personally just run Claude Code in a separate terminal, but if you want AI in the editor you'll have to look elsewhere.
I did try Neovim with Copilot a while back, and Google shows a few NeoVim Claude Code plugins, so it's probable that if you want an LLM in your text editor, NeoVim might work :)
:term claude
It will also expand special characters so you can do something like
:term claude “refactor %”
And Claude starts work on your current file right away. Also your buffers will update with Claude’s edits!
For doing something quick, VS Code's Vim mode is… fine. But not if you're something serious. I often quit it in disgust and go back to Neovim.
Why does it need to? Just open CC in another terminal window or tab. Or run it in a split inside vim, using `:term`.
Are there specific features you’re missing from vscode?