ZIm/crates/vim/README.md
Peter Finn 5c0adde7bb
Correct other end visual block functionality (#27678)
Closes #27385

Builds on #27604 so that `vim::OtherEnd` works in visual block mode.
This is accomplished by reversing the order of active selections in the
buffer when the user hit `o`, so that the cursor moves diagonally across
the selection. The current behavior is preserved for `shift-o`, which is
how the cursors behave in vim.

We'll close #27604 since this encapsulates that change, but if you'd
prefer to take only the visual block motion component, we'll keep the
branch for #27604 open.

Test case: growing a box down and to the right, other ending, followed
by growing and shrinking the box:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1df544e1-efce-4354-b354-bbfec007a7df

Test case: growing a box up and to the left, other ending, followed by
growing and shrinking the box:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2f6d7729-c63a-4486-960b-23474c2e507a



Release Notes:
- Improved visual block mode when cursor is at beginning of selection
- Improved visual block mode so that `o` and `shift-o` reach parity with
vim

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Co-authored-by: KyleBarton <kjbarton4@gmail.com>
2025-03-28 20:52:38 +00:00

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This contains the code for Zed's Vim emulation mode.

Vim mode in Zed is supposed to primarily "do what you expect": it mostly tries to copy vim exactly, but will use Zed-specific functionality when available to make things smoother. This means Zed will never be 100% vim compatible, but should be 100% vim familiar!

The backlog is maintained in the #vim channel notes.

Testing against Neovim

If you are making a change to make Zed's behavior more closely match vim/nvim, you can create a test using the NeovimBackedTestContext.

For example, the following test checks that Zed and Neovim have the same behavior when running * in visual mode:

#[gpui::test]
async fn test_visual_star_hash(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
    let mut cx = NeovimBackedTestContext::new(cx).await;

    cx.set_shared_state("ˇa.c. abcd a.c. abcd").await;
    cx.simulate_shared_keystrokes(["v", "3", "l", "*"]).await;
    cx.assert_shared_state("a.c. abcd ˇa.c. abcd").await;
}

To keep CI runs fast, by default the neovim tests use a cached JSON file that records what neovim did (see crates/vim/test_data), but while developing this test you'll need to run it with the neovim flag enabled:

cargo test -p vim --features neovim test_visual_star_hash

This will run your keystrokes against a headless neovim and cache the results in the test_data directory. Note that neovim must be installed and reachable on your $PATH in order to run the feature.

Testing zed-only behavior

Zed does more than vim/neovim in their default modes. The VimTestContext can be used instead. This lets you test integration with the language server and other parts of zed's UI that don't have a NeoVim equivalent.