Vim Mode should maintain state when opening a new pane

mediapathic · 2020-05-21T00:19:45.736Z

When I’m in Insert mode, and open a new pane, I’d like to stay in insert mode. This would be more consistent with the default behaviors in vim and evil-mode (afaik).

BlueSun · 2020-05-22T15:55:58.473Z

I’m not sure if there is a way in Vim to open a new split in insert mode (at least without some custom .vimrc config).

CTRL-W s and :sp both require normal mode. I think the general convention is 'You’re always in normal mode, by default, except for those rare instances where you are editing."

WhiteNoise · 2021-02-10T16:08:52.378Z

This is antythesis with

VIM: always default to NORMAL when opening a note Feature requests

MOD EDIT: this topic is about always defaulting to NORMAL mode (instead of maitaining the current mode) when opening a note (even in the same pane) This is a consistent stumble for me as I move between notes often to quickly capture text–the complication is I never want to type where the cursor lands on an opened note. For those who use VIM, NORMAL mode is the expectation. Edit: Now I’m finding that Obsidian does start in NORMAL-- so I’m now trying to figure out when it falls …