VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

Stay on (yank, indent, outdent, delete, etc) feature

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Description

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one): Feature Request

One of the nice things I like about Atom's popular vim plugin, vim-mode-plus, is the option to enable stayOn{Yank,Delete,etc}. These options "try to keep original cursor position as much as posible after operation". It is an intentional difference from pure vim, and is behind a configuration flag.

I've got a local copy of this plugin that mimics that behavior - would you be open to a PR that adds similar options to this plugin? Just wondering before I go through the effort to package up a neat PR for it.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. First clarify which operations need stay-on behavior and how each option should be configured, then locate the existing yank, indent, outdent, and delete handling. Done means configurable behavior that preserves the original cursor position for the agreed operations, with coverage for those cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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