#31

Thank you. Yeah thats a better implementation. I didnt know you can listen to it.

#32

Is there any way to put j k navigation in document view mode? Wildly annoying in viewing mode that you can not use VIM combinations to navigate the document. I would really appreciate your help.

#33

Do you mean use Vim keybindings in Markdown Preview mode (e.g. for scrolling)? AFAIK the Markdown preview is an entirely different component, it’s like adding Vim bindings to a web browser (like Vimium etc.)
If that’s what you mean then it’s definitely possible for a plugin to catch these keys and make them scroll but I think this needs to be a different plugin.

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#34

I understood. Thanks.

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#35

@esm90
Thank you so much for your effort creating the plugin.
I’m really sorry, but I’m having trouble locating/creating the vimrc file.

Can you kindly advise how I maybe able to address this issue?

Thank you!

#36

you have to create a file called .obsidian.vimrc in your obsidian vault (in the same folder where all your obsidian notes are created)
This will be a hidden file, if you turn on the community plug in, it should read it.

That’s the long story short, if you still have trouble let us know!

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#37

I have no idea if this is technically feasible, but adding ctrl-p and crtl-n for autocomplete backwards and forwards would be wonderful.

#38

Dear @santi,
Thank you for your kind response!
I think the part I am struggling is the more rudimentary (and novice) issue with actually creating a .obsidian.vimrc file. I don’t know how to make the file in the first place :joy:
Would there a command prompt that I run?

Thank you so much for your time and support!

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#39

No worries @hanjae87 , it’s a hidden file which makes it confusing.

It’s a file at the same level as .obsidian (root folder with the rest of your notes)

It follows the same concepts as the .obsidian folder, but the .obsidian.vimrc is a file not a folder.

I wrote a blogpost on .obsdian so it’s not exactly the same, but it will definitely help you out

Let me know if you got any questions, since I know these things can be confusing

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#40

Dear @santi,
Thank you for the explanation!
Unfortunately, I still can’t seem to find the .vimrc file anywhere.
I turned on the option to view hidden files as well.
Would I need to create/touch this file or is it automatically created?

The odd thing is I see the .obsidian file whether or not I have the option to view hidden files toggled on or off.

Thank you again!
HJ

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#41

No worries, so you need to create the file. It won’t be there by default.

It has to be named .obsidian.vimrc

Let me know if it worked for you

#42

Dear @santi,
I created the vimrc via vscode, and it is working like a gem now!
Thank you so much for your support!!
HJ

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#43

perfect happy to know you got it working!

#44

Replying to myself: the Autocomplete plugin by Yeboster does exactly this, and it’s great.

#45

Hi santi, I’ve been trying to get my escape key mapped to jk. It is something that I’m familiar with - I have inoremap jk <esc> mapped in my .vimrc file, and map jk <Esc> in my .ideavimrc for PyCharm.

For some reason, I’m struggling to get it working with Obsidian.

I’ve followed the instructions so that:

  1. Editor → Vim Key Bindings is Enabled.

  2. Comunity Plugins → Vimrc Support is Enabled

  3. In the root of my vault, I’ve created a file called .obsidian.vimrc and inside this file I have just these two lines

imap jk
imap jk

  1. Restart Obsidian (v.0.12.3)

Is there a step that I am missing?

Thanks.

#46

Resolved - I was editing .obsidian.vimrc on my vault that was located in a different location.

I have the same vault on DropBox and iCloud. I recently moved it to iCloud so that I can continue to work on Obsidian mobile … Anyway, I was making a change to.obsidian.vimrc on my Dropbox vault, but opening up the vault on iCloud.

For others that may encounter this issue, one of the things I found helpful was to type in the command in obsidian.

So, in obsidian, I typed in : imap jk <Esc> and verified that this worked. When it did, I found it strange that the change was not persistent when obsidian restarted. So that’s when I realized that the change I made was not the right .obsidian.vimrc file.

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#47

Just putting this solution to a common problem here so that it can be found.

On Windows, Ctrl-C needs to be remapped to make it copy selected text in vim mode. Several people recommend putting unmap <C-c> into the .obsidian.vimrc file but that does not work.

What works is iunmap <C-c> — the troublesome mapping is only operative in insert mode, so you need to unmap it with a preceding i

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#48

Sorry，I am working on the Windows, but I Set “Vimrc file name” = “C:\Users\ryanzhuo.obsidian.vimrc”, i put the file named “.obsidian.vimrc” which has been written “set clipboard=unnamed”, but it didn’t work.

#49

anybody can tell me what’s wrong in my settings？

#50

Yes: if you typed C:\Users\ryanzhuo.obsidian.vimrc literally, it won’t work. You need to set the vimrc file name to C:\Users\ryanzhuo\YOURVAULTNAME\.obsidian.vimrc — with a slash after ryanzhou\YOURVAULTNAME and a period after that. (assuming that your vault isn’t just called ryanzhou!)