Support virtual replace mode
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- TypeScript
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Description
See https://vimhelp.org/insert.txt.html#Virtual-Replace-mode
I'm not sure if anyone uses this, and it would likely be non-trivial to implement, but I'm making an issue to call out that it's a thing.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked Vim help entry for Virtual-Replace mode, then inspect the extension's existing insert-mode handling to determine where this behavior would fit. Define the expected editing and keybinding behavior before implementation; done means Virtual-Replace mode works consistently with the referenced Vim semantics.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- 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