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Ask HN: Features that are must to have in your text editor for web development

2 points by thamizhan2611 ↗ HN
What are some of the awesome features does your text editor have which makes you productive and lets you ship things faster.

I have been using vim for a while and interested to know what others are using and their adoption :)

Apologies if this is not the right place to post this kind of question!

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ponyous
Old feature: Good shortcuts for editing text. Talking about vim's grammar to select/move/delete/add... edit text in general. Not sure how the rest of the editors can rely on few CTRL-something commands and using mouse so much.

New feature: I do a bit of work in Visual Studio as well, and I really like AI backed code completion. It results in less navigation when selecting items from code completion list.

Edit: I missed the line where you speak about VIM. My favourite changes in my setup in VIM in last couple of years fall in 2 categories, terminal stuff moved into vim if it fits nicely (lazygit, fzf...) and another category that helps me use all the features of the editor.

  LazyGit integration - popup window with basic git stuff.
  LazyDocker - same thing but I am almost not using it at all
  kreskij/vim-reminder-tips - Gives me tips about custom shortcuts I set up in vim
  liuchengxu/vim-which-key - Gives me a nice menu for doing different common things (such as run tests for current file, open documentation, all other leader key commands)
Overall, if I had to pick one thing it would be LazyGit. It's so good!
thamizhan2611
That's good to know :) Thanks. Yeah visual studio does seem to be nice with some insane features. With that being said, do you have a list of must have features in your editor

For example:

- Terminal kind interface part of the editor which keeps providing feedback in terms of any changes - Ability to version control your files (git commit/diff/abort) without leaving the editor - Any resources you could point me to that would be great which talks improving developer workflow with vim?

EDIT: I think you seem to have answered while I was writing my reply