Vrapper: the plugin that makes me happy

It had to exist. For a few years I've have been using both Vim and Eclipse to edit code. Actually, I only use Eclipse for Java, because it's really a powerful tool. Vim, on the other hand makes me much more efficient when typing, but it isn't an IDE, so, I'm forced to use Eclipse too (or another IDE, obviously). My attemps to become Vim into an IDE had failed, so, I abandoned, and I only use Vim to type, but not to compile, or stuff like that. That's why I use Vim with PHP or Python, but not with Java.

The problem using two editors is easy: you have to learn two different ways of editing text, and that isn't cool, e.g. I have an error on my Java app, and when I look the mistaken line, I found ":wq".

So I started searching a solution for integrating Vim into Eclipse. All the plugins I found, perfectly integrate Vim into the Eclipse editor, but, all the Eclipse features broke. And I don't want to program without the code assist. But finally I found Vrapper, witch is a plugin that emulate some Vim commands in Eclipse, and, despite it´s not a totally Vim experience, it makes me much more efficient.

Vrapper turns Eclipse into a modal editor, with the 3 Vim modes: normal, insert and visual. Today the visual mode only allows to select a few lines, and operate with y, d and c, but the author is working hard on it.

Some things I can do now with Eclipse are:

- browse the code using h,j,k,l
- search with / and * (the Vim find and replace tool will be soon add :D)
- use :noremap in my configuration file to make my own mappings

I´m using it since a couple of hours, so, I don't have a complete opinion yet, but for now It's really comfortable :D

How I install it in my Eclipse?

It´s really simple: add a new location on your "find and install" menu, and paste this url: http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/eclipse-update-site

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