Describe the feature you'd like
Sometimes it is helpful to know which mode one is in. For example, it would be great if the caret (insertion point) changes to block style like in the terminal to reflect that you entered normal mode just like in Vim, and then returns to the normal thin mode in insert mode. It would be helpful also to have a key binding to trigger the status indicator to reveal the current mode (just like the one that appears when switching modes). This is helpful especially for the GUI Modes.

Thanks and appreciate your work.

Related projects (Optional)
A similar project that implements Vim using AutoHotKey (vim_ahk), has the caret width feature as an option.

Hi,

Is there a way to slow down the mouse movement in GUI NORMAL?

For example.

set keybrdtype=US
set initmode=edii
set suppress_for_vim
set vscrollspeed=10

ediimap <capslock> <ctrl>
ediimap <esc-left> change_to_edi_normal

It was converted from Project/ToDo to issue.

When I switch from INSERT to EDI NORMAL (Esc+Right Arrow) the cursor moves to the right. Is this intended? It throws off my writing sequence (in Microsoft Word) and I am wondering if it can be changed that the cursor stays in the same location.

Thanks.

• Windows 10 Edition: Pro
• OS Type: 64bit
• OS Version: 20H2
• OS Build: 19042.1348
• win-vind Version: 4.2.1
• win-vind Type: installer
• Is it reproducible?: Yes

In order to activate editor normal with right alt, I have the following line in .vindrc:

inoremap <ralt> to_edi_normal

-- but in Microsoft Word (I haven't tried in other apps) I get very weird behavior once I click r-alt. Keys behave differently than before (e.g. typing shift-T in insert mode inserts the current time instead of capital T).

Hi,

Under the Mouse section of Cheet Sheet -> Functions, I cannot find double-click. Is there a command for that?
https://pit-ray.github.io/win-vind/cheat_sheet/functions/#mouse

Thanks!

Question
I know that I can use [Ctrl+w > s] and [:ws] to alt-tab from GUI and command modes. However, how can I do this from Editor normal Mode? Right now I have to switch modes to do so.

Hi

I am trying the following so vind will automatically switch to INSERT when I click :

ennoremap <alt> to_insert

This is helpful when I switch to other apps. Problem is that the first is caught by vind and is not passed to Windows. Any way of getting over this? (i.e., to pass the first to Windows so that my first press of will both switch vind to INSERT and also have Windows switch apps?)

Hi

I see the c w works well in edii mode inside Microsoft Word, but when I mark a block of text in ediv and then click c nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong? Is this particular use of change is not yet implemented?

Thanks
Gil

Question
Hi,
I wonder what is the purpose behind resident mode, as it seems for me that both it and insert mode have the same purpose, making it redundant. Am I missing something?

Thanks

Love Win-Vind!

Is it possible to start the program in GUI Insert instead of GUI Normal? This way the uninitiated will not think the keyboard stopped working after each restart....

Thanks.

Right now I simply close and re-open the app, but is there a way to reload .vindrc? Something like :so %?

cant figure out how to use hinting

Question
A clear and concise description of what you have.

Dear pit-ray.

I'm a big fan of your win-vind.
I don't use mouse that much since I found win-vind.
Now I want it to use on Linux(Ubuntu) or MacOS.
Is it Compatible with them? if not, do you have any plan to develop?

When in vim keybinding normal mode, would be possible to have the cursor shown as a block like in vim?

Hi

I am asking this because it is much easier for me to remain in EDI INSERT while writing in Word and switch to other apps etc., than to need to switch to GUI INSERT every time I am doing something outside Word.

Thanks
Gil

Hi

Is it possible to change the command from Esc to something else like ? The reason is that this way I could work with edii ediin with many windows, without needing to switch to guii. The only thing preventing me from doing this right now is that the Esc key is needed in many applications, but every time i click it it switches back to edin, which I don't want to.

Thanks!
Gil

at win-vind 4.0.0.

After first install and first launch getting this error:

An runtime exception occurred from void __cdecl Utility::create_directory(const class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > &). Cannot create a directory \\.win-vind\.. So could not create setting files of win-vind, so terminate. (Windows Error Code: 161)

Tried running as administrator and still getting the same error.

System Info

Question

Currently, switching from insert mode to editor normal mode causes the text field to lose focus, requiring clicking on the field to activate the text cursor again which is inconvenient. Is it possible to make the switch without the editor losing focus?

Thanks

Hi,
I wanted to know how to use the hinting feature to navigate windows using the keyboard.
I can't figure out how to use this.....

Can someone help?

Thanks

Is there a way to jump directly from GUI Insert to Editor Insert (i.e., without going first "up" to GUI Normal and then "down" twice?

Thanks!

Hi,

In order to quickly switch to normal and insert modes from visual mode, I have placed the following two lines in my .vindrc:

vnoremap <esc> to_edi_normal
vnoremap i to_insert

-- but I am getting an error: E: not command (L:2)

What am I doing wrong?

Question
What is the best way to force CapsLock to Ctrl for win-vind? I used PowerToys, but it doesn't seem to work very well. Thanks!

Describe the bug
Recently, whenever I right click the win-vind icon in the tray, the app closes. This wasn't the behavior before, where a menu appears with options like showing the configuration file location. This issue is only with win-vind, all other icons show their menus.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Windows 10 Edition: Home
• OS Type: 64bit
• OS Version: 10.0.19042
• OS Build: Build 19042
• win-vind Version: 4.0.1
• win-vind Type: installer
• Is it reproducible?: Not sure

What I tried:

• Uninstalling/installing
• Removing my .vindrc file
• Restarting the computer

Thanks

Hi,

When I mark a in EDIT VISUAL and then hit d, the text is inserted into the + register (the Windows clipboard). This causes confusion because it will replace whatever is already in the clipboard. One way of getting over this is simply using <win-v> instead of <ctrl-v> because it will show the history of previous clipboard content, but I am wondering if you would consider differentiating between d (which should not occupy the + register, as in DEL operation) and x (which is somehow akin to <ctrl-x> and therefore is a more natural candidate for CUT operation). This way, the user can decide between DEL and CUT ... As far as I see in the vim documentation, there is no difference in VISUAL MODE between d and x -- so you can make a distinction here without breaking anything assumed in vim ...

Let me know what you think.

Best.

Hello!

I am a big fan!

When will "e" roll in? I need it very much for textual work. Is there a specific reason why it is difficult to implement?

With thanks!!

Originally posted by @gilbh in #3 (comment)

Hi again!

When I use the very helpful ctrl+y and ctrl+e, the scrolling of the window is very slow and choppy. It is possible to determine how many pixels each jump will have? If this is too much work to add this as a GUI feature for the user to determine, perhaps just increase it by a bit? (I am not sure if this is only in my computer or to my own taste...).

Best!

Question
Keybindings are good otherwise, but I don't want arrow keys to control the mouse cursor.

Question
How can you keep pressed keys like alt, ctrl, shift in gui normal mode?

For example, in unity you can look around the scene by pressing alt+ moving the mouse.

Is there a way of doing this using the vindrc?

This cool extension is available in Chrome:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb

It would be awesome to develop a tool for controlling windows and their objects (TreeView, ListView, Toolbars...) in a similar way of that Chrome extension: once a user triggers a shortcut, a number of labels displaying sequence of characters appear in the front of the dynamic windows objects, and by typing those characters in sequence, then a click/control send/focus is triggered on it according to the target object.

A sample of what I mean:

The basic idea would be:

1. Scan all of the windows looking for their controls (buttons, edit boxes, etc.)
2. Draw some boxes near them with the key sequence which would activate them.
3. Wait for the user to type the character sequence related to the desired object to activate.

Question
Hello, first and foremost, thank you so much for you project. I haved tried multiplayer alternatives and nothing works the same as win-vind. Excelent program.

The question as the title says it, is that if there is a way to map a key in normal gui mode to a insert mode action. I asked this because i use another authotkey script to cycle through the virtual desktop, and more specific, to change windows to an specific desktop. Right know, in win-vind I've only found that I have to open the virtual desktop manager and then enter gui visual and drag the window to the virtual desktop.

So, is there a way I can access the insert mode, autohotkey script, within gui normal mode? Thank you so much again!

win-vind\config.vindrc

imap

It doesn't seem to be working properly in Insert Mode.

• Windows 10 Edition: Pro
• OS Type: 64bit
• OS Version: 2004

Hi,

I added a binding to guii as but when I type this I first get a notice:
-- TARGET ON --

Is this overstepping another binding? I could not figure it out...

Thanks.

Hi,

For some reson it's not detecting VS Code.

For example, when I try to select the window using or , the cursor is not jumping to the window.

EasyClick also does not work.

I am using VS Code Insiders (but it didn't work for normal VS Code either) on a Window 10 x64 machine.

First off, great work!! There is no other implementation that comes this close to Vim emulation for Windows. You might want to enable Github Sponsors to let people show their appreciation :)

It would be nice to be able to right click on the target using EasyClick, similar to left click. There could also be an additional hover motion which would only move the pointer without any click.

Question
Is there a way to configure win-vind such that it only listens for the triggers for EasyClick/"EasyMotion-like Hints" but passes all other keybinds through to the OS? Basically, I'd like to disable all other functions and modes and just use the EasyClick feature.

So far, I've tried removing all entries from keybinds.json besides the ones for EasyClick but that effectively blocks all normal keyboard input.

Hey!
First of all: This looks amazing, thans a lot !

I have a few problems though:
(Win10)
When pressing "db" or "dw" it is highligting but not deleting

Also E doesn't work

Have a great day and thanks!
Greetings

Describe the bug
As an example, I'm trying to remap <capslock> by doing:

imap <capslock> <f15>
inoremap <f15> to_edi_normal

Also, I tried to remap <capslock> in other modes without success:

gnnoremap <capslock> j

I can remap all other keys except capslock.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Windows 11 Home Single Language
• OS Type: 64bit
• OS Version: 21H2
• OS Build: 21H2
• win-vind Version: 4.2.1
• win-vind Type: installer
• Is it reproducible?: Yes

Describe the bug
I do not see any of the overlays for hints or the current mode or the command window. I think hinting is working as the cursor jumps around but the overlays visible in the GIF don't show up

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Windows 10 Edition: Enterprise
• OS Type: 64bit
• OS Version: 1909
• OS Build: 18363.19.16
• win-vind Version: 4.2.1
• win-vind Type: chocolatey
• Is it reproducible?: I only have access to one device, but the problem always occurs for me.

win-vind 4.2.1

In GUI normal mode, my mouse moves super fast.
One stroke of h,j,k,l leaves half across the screen.

I wrote this in my ~/.win-vind/.vindrc file,

set cursor_accel =5
set cursor_maxv = 1
set cursor_tweight = 10

but nothing changed.

Am I doing wrong something? Need help!

Hi, thank your project!!
Can you support the idea?

This is nice tool. I've been looking for something like this for some time now, I really like the Editor mode that you've implemented. My main usecase that I want to get working is using this inside MS Outlook.
"O" command doesn't open line above cursor in Editor mode, it behaves like "o" command only.
I'm using Windows 10. And trying this out in Notepad.

Question
Is it normal that the Easy Click FF takes long time to load the options?
It is definetly slower than the vimium FX on Firefox.
I'm using a Windows 10 8GB Ram 4x2,4GHz i5 6300U.

Is it because it is loading the window information from the windows sdk?

The 4.3.1 release is using a default config file in default_config/.vindrc and there's an error when launching the portable 64 bits release. The log says :

[Message] E: Invalid Syntax (L:277)

[Error] An runtime exception occurred from class std::vector<class vind::core::KeyCode,class std::allocator > __cdecl vind::core::parse_pure_one_character_command(char). The character '-' is invalid ascii key code. (...\win-vind-4.3.1\default_config.vindrc, L:277) (enum vind::SystemCall __cdecl vind::bind::SyscmdSource::sprocess(const class std::filesystem::path &,bool))

The 4.2.1 has not this problem (default_config/.vindrc is inexistant in my config)

Please note that I was just launching win-vnid for a 1st use and my .vindrc (my own) is empty for the moment.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Windows 10 Enterprise
• OS Type: 64bit
• OS Version: 21H1
• OS Build: 10.0.19043
• win-vind Version: 4.3.1
• win-vind Type: zip
• Is it reproducible?: Yes

Easy click shows wrong indicators on scaled monitors.

Hi,
In this page about resident mode the default binding to switch to insert mode should be esc + up rather than esc + down, which is what is describe in the mode transition image in this page.

Thanks

Describe the feature you'd like

[English] I was trying to change the key bindings of the easyclick command from ff to just f, but the change does not get reflected after modifying the setting. Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

[Japanese] Win Vind を使わせていただいてありがとうございます。非常に気に入っております。一つ疑問なのですがKey Bindings を使ってeasyclick のコマンドをFF から fに変えたいのですが変更が反映されません。これはバグでしょうか？