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Considering that jVi does not support .vimrc files, what alternatives do we have that do support .vimrc files? Specifically, I have many handy insert-mode mappings that I would prefer not to give up, such as this:

inoremap kk <Esc>A

Additionally, there are some mappings that I could live without, but I think that I will need real VIM for, such as this:

inoremap hh <c-o>?\%<c-r>=line('.')<Return>l\({}\\|\[]\\|<>\\|><\\|()\\|""\\|''\\|><lt>\)?s+1<Return>

Note: I know that the question of VIM keybindings in Netbeans / Eclipse / any IDE comes up often enough, but in this question I am not asking about VIM keybindings, but rather about .vimrc specifically, or better yet real VIM embedded in Netbeans. I have not seen this facet addressed in any other of the myriad of ostensibly-similar posts.

I have looked at Vi Vim for netbeans / ViEx, vim for netbeans, and others. Apparently VIM includes a socket interface for integration into an IDE which is interestingly enough called "netbeans". The help file for this feature lists a few projects, but is terribly out of date. The only project that still seems active from that file is PIDA but their website is down.

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  • It looks like you've nailed the question. What language do you use? What features do you need in netbeans? Did you consider using Eclipse instead of Netbeans? Eclim works quite well. – romainl Aug 21 '12 at 13:28
  • I find Eclipse to be unacceptably slow, even with 4 GiB of RAM and a modern dual-core processor. Additionally, Eclipse has terrible support for remote file systems (FTP or SSH). Other than that, I do like Eclipse and have used it much more than Netbeans. For remote coding I'm almost exclusively in PHP / MySQL / HTML / Javascript. For local coding I'll do anything including PHP, Python, Java, and maybe some Mono / C#. My OS is Kubuntu Linux. – dotancohen Aug 21 '12 at 14:06
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    jVi has an option panel where you can add your own mappings. Here, your `kk` works as is but your `hh` doesn't. With some effort, you might be able to "port" most of your custom mappings. – romainl Aug 21 '12 at 20:44
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    +1 for the mention of the socket interface. I didn't know about that. And also the `hh` mapping :) – echristopherson Aug 21 '12 at 22:55
  • Thanks, Romainl, putting things in that configuration textarea helps. – dotancohen Aug 22 '12 at 00:24
  • While any good IDE supports customised key mappings, they don't solve the problem that any Vim emulator is just an emulator, and awkward for experienced Vim power-users. I agree with @romainl that Eclim works quite well, but I haven't found an equivalent for JetBrains-based IDEs yet, and I'm getting really tired of people saying 'just use IdeaVim'. Despite many years of good work going into IdeaVim, it's still a clunky, poor substitute for vim. – Michael Scheper Jan 11 '19 at 03:32

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IntelliJ has nice Vim plugin, and it supports vimrc. Ofc it's not 100% compatible but like 85-90% which is greater. IDE itself is not free but you can use development version which is pretty stable https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

The other nice solution as @romainl mention is Eclim http://eclim.org/ It gives you IDE power in your Vim.

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Is gVim sufficient for your purposes?

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  • I am currently using VIM, but was hoping to get into an IDE. gVIM and VIM it will be until I can find an IDE that supports a real VIM experience. – dotancohen May 07 '13 at 19:58
  • @dotancohen Only Vim provides a real Vim experience. – mcandre May 08 '13 at 11:45
  • Indeed, which is why it's disappointing that there doesn't seem to be a NetBeans-style socket interface for JetBrains, PyCharm, Idea, etc. I think I'm going to have to change IDEs. – Michael Scheper Jan 11 '19 at 03:33