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VsVim is a free Visual Studio extension that makes the code editor a vim emulator.

VsVim is a free Visual Studio extension that makes the code editor a vim emulator. Written by Jared Parsons. https://github.com/jaredpar/VsVim

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how to change color of vim cursor in Visual Studio 2010

I have installed the Vim key bindings extension in Visual Studio 2010. I also have a color scheme setup with a dark background. This creates a problem since Vim key bindings extension has set my cursor to black, which is against a dark background…
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VsVim settings save file

I have VsVim and when I load my solution file, I always need to :set ignorecase and :set smartcase each time. I'd like to save these settings, but I can't find where VsVim stores its settings or how to save its settings.
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Is there a vsVim User Guide?

I've just recently downloaded vsVim to use it with Visual Studio 2010 and join the Vi way. But I haven't been able to find information regarding the specific vsVim documentation. I know how to use Vim (basic use, nothing even intermediate) but I…
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VsCode VIM - How to open "New Untitled File"

In VsCode VIM (vanilla installation), how would you execute Ctrl + N? When inspecting the keyboard shortcut, it looks like this: I tried the plain way in VIM by running :new, but it opened a new tab within the same editor instead of a whole new…
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Reloading configuration file in VsVim?

Is there any way for reloading configuration file (_vsvimrc) for VsVim inside Visual Studio, WITHOUT restarting whole IDE ? :source C:\path\to\_vsvimrc returns Parse Error UPDATE 2014-05-12 Configuration actually reloaded properly, beside some…
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VsVim keyboard shortcut to switch between files/tabs?

I recently installed VsVim. It's great, but I find myself constantly reaching for the mouse in order to switch between files. Is there a built in solution? I cannot find a list of VsVim shortcuts anywhere.
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lookarounds positive negative lookbehind lookahead

after searching all over google for vsvim lookahead or lookbehind and on the wiki I can't seem to figure out how, or if it even supports lookahead or lookbehind (positives or negatives) and how to use them if so. I've tried a few different syntaxes…
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How to activate VsVim?

I am using ReSharper on Visual Studio but also I'm a vim user. I heard this VsVim. I downloaded it and installed the extension for visual studio 2010. But can't get the any of the vim commands to work. Actually, I don't think I managed to make VsVim…
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How to map keys in VsVim to Visual Studio commands?

Is it possible to map keys in VsVim to Visual Studio commands? For example, can I map gb to View.NavigateBackward?
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How to redo when using VsVim?

I'm using VS 2010 + latest VsVim. Looks like Vim Ctrl+R does not work in VsVim. Is that true? VS handled Ctrl+R, saying: (Ctrl+R) was pressed. Waiting for second key of chord... Is there any way to make this work?
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Highlighting makes code unreadable when searching with VsVim

I've been using VsVim for a while and I have been pretty happy with it. However, the one thing that has been annoying me is the highlighting of text when I do any kind of search in VsVim such using * or the standard search with /. I've spent hours…
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Use C-n/C-p in VsVim to select completion candidate in intellisense popup

I would like to use CTRL-P/CTRL-n instead of Up/Down arrows to select the completion candidate. I tried to :imap , but instead of selecting the next completion candidate, the cursor will go down to the next line.
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How to do "Surround-with" to a selected word with free-text(not predefined) in Visual Studio 2010, like in Vim

Like in Vim after install Surround plugin, user can select a word and then press "s" key, then input a tag or any free-text he want to use to surround the selected word. I know in Visual Studio you can press c-k c-s to wake up a surround-with…
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Visual block shift-i(nsert) in VsVim

In GVim on Linux I am used to being able to do Ctrl-V then I type whatever I want at the beginning of the first line, hit Esc and then Vim will insert whatever I typed to every row. I have tried this on VsVim, in Visual Studio, using Ctrl-Q, instead…
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Can't configure VsVim to let Visual Studio handle ctrl+c, ctrl+v and ctrl+x

I've been using VsVim for about a year now. I was always able to to copy/paste text using default ctrl+c and ctrl+v shortcuts. It stopped working for me a few days ago. I figured VsVim Keyboard setting must've changed somehow, to handle those keys…
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