Open in Vim

Open current file in vim. To activate this extension, open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P on linux or ⇧⌘P on mac) and search for "Open in Vim". Alternatively, you can assign a keyboard shortcut of your choosing.

Support for Windows is currently experimental.

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Extension Settings

• open-in-vim.openMethod: specifies how vim should be launched. Allowed values are tabulated below.

  Value	Description
  gvim	Open vim in gVim.
  kitty	Open vim in Kitty.
  integrated-terminal	(DEFAULT) Open vim in VSCode's integrated terminal.
  linux.gnome-terminal	Open vim in gnome-terminal (full-screen).
  linux.tilix	Open vim in Tilix.
  macos.iterm	Open vim in iTerm2.
  macos.macvim	Open vim in MacVim.

• open-in-vim.useNeovim: whether to launch vim or neovim (ignored when openMethod is set to gvim/macvim).

• open-in-vim.restoreCursorAfterVim: (EXPERIMENTAL) syncs cursor position from vim to vscode when you close vim. Assumes that the code executable is in the $PATH.

• Other settings for specific openMethods are tabulated below.

  Setting	Description	Default
  open-in-vim.linux.gnome-terminal.args	Space-separated arguments that get passed to gnome-terminal.	--hide-menubar --full-screen
  open-in-vim.linux.tilix.args	Space-separated arguments that get passed to tilix.	--full-screen
  open-in-vim.integrated-terminal.pathToShell	Path to unix shell which will host the vim process.	/bin/bash or C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe
  open-in-vim.macos.iterm.profile	Name of iTerm profile to use (default profile is a special case to use iTerm's default).	default profile

To do

• [ ] Support macOS' native Terminal app

Inverse Plugin

If you'd like the inverse of this plugin (Open in VSCode from Vim), you can just add the following vimrc line:

:command! OpenInVSCode exe "silent !code --goto '" . expand("%") . ":" . line(".") . ":" . col(".") . "'" | redraw!

(On Mac, you'll also need to open vscode and run the command Install 'code' command in PATH)

If you additionally want to preserve the working directory, you can add getcwd() like so:

:command! OpenCwdInVSCode exe "silent !code '" . getcwd() . "' --goto '" . expand("%") . ":" . line(".") . ":" . col(".") . "'" | redraw!