Is there vim plugin for notepad++?
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There are a lot of questions and answers about vim and notepad++ but it's not definitely clear, what is best way to make notepad++ act like a vim (if it is possible at all).
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It seems than this question needs some additional information of my motivation. I assume myself as a vim beginner. It's quite difficult for me to change my editor at one moment. I think than vim plugin for my current editor can give me easy way to feel more comfort in new environment.
Vim Solutions
Solution 1 - Vim
You can try ViSimulator for Notepad++, which may meet your requests in somewhat. it is a plug-in for notepad++, which make it possible to edit as vi/vim in notepad++. ViSimulator simulates/emulates most frequently-used vi/vim commands to provide more powerful editing capability for notepad++.
As the description from the site, some commands it supports:
0: move the cursor to colum 1 (hard beg-of-line)
$: move the cursor to end-of-line
^: move the cursor to the first non-blank character (soft beg-of-line)
-: move the cursor to the first non-blank character (soft beg-of-line) of the previous [count] line
+, <RETURN>: move the cursor the first non-blank character (soft beg-of-line) of the next [count] line
hjkl: move the cursor left, down, up and right [count] colum/line
and more...
ViSimulator can be reached at https://web.archive.org/web/20150515145616/http://www.visimulator.com/download.html. The original page isn't available anymore.
Solution 2 - Vim
Most of what makes Vim what it is derives from the fact that it's a modal editor. If there's no way to turn NP++ into a modal editor you won't get far. A quick look at NP++ plugins page shows no Vi[m] plugin so I'd answer "no".
Whatever, the best way to learn Vim is to use it. I'd suggest you keep using NP++ for serious work and force yourself to use Vim for everything else. Once, if ever, you'll be ready, drop NP++ and use Vim full time.
Solution 3 - Vim
There is ViSimulator plugin for notepad++. And you can install the plugin in the following two ways.
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Through Notepad++ plugin manager. Go to Notepad menu Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Show plugin manager. On the popup dialog, select 'available' tab, and select 'visimulator' in the list of plugins. Then click install button to finish.
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Manually install. Download the plugin, as dll file, from ViSimulator download page. Go to Notepad++ installation directory -> plugins folders, and copy and paste the dll file there. Restart Notepad++, you are all set. You will notice there one more menu option, ViSimulator, under the main menu 'Plugins'
Solution 4 - Vim
There is ViSimulator plugin!
Version 0.3.0.659 ( ANSI / Unicode )
ViSimulator
ViSimulator for notepad++ is a plug-in for notepad++, which make it possible to edit as vi/vim in notepad++. ViSimulator simulate/emulate most frequently-used vi/vim commands
to provide more powerful editing capability for notepad++.
simon2013 Sources: from download page
Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150515145616/http://www.visimulator.com/public/p/visimulator.dll
From NP++ plugins page.
/ is a synonym of standard npp search/replace dialog.
: seems not working.
Sorry, my english is bad.