VSCodeVim/Vim

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

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#2397 opened on Feb 20, 2018

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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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Tech stack
typescriptnodejs
Domain
developer experiencetooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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half day
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needs maintainer response
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
TypeScriptVS Code extension developmentVim keybindings
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
The issue requests a feature to keep cursor position after operations like yank and delete, inspired by Atom's vim mode plus. First, confirm with maintainers if they are open to adding this feature. Then, examine the VSCodeVim codebase, particularly the handlers for cursor movement and configuration options, to understand how to implement a 'stayOn' flag. Look at the existing settings file and the action functions to see where cursor position is modified.