Vrapper (Vim)

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Solution Description

Vrapper acts as a wrapper for Eclipse text editors to provide a Vim-like input scheme for moving around and editing text. Unlike other plugins which embed Vim in Eclipse, Vrapper imitates the behaviour of Vim while still using whatever editor you have opened in the workbench. The goal is to have the comfort and ease which comes with the different modes, complex commands and count/operator/motion combinations which are the key features behind editing with Vim, while preserving the powerful features of the different Eclipse text editors, like code generation and refactoring. Vrapper tries to offer Eclipse users the best of both worlds.

Our update site also has optional Vrapper extensions which are not available via the Marketplace. They include additional support for programming languages and ports of various vimscripts. Specifically, they are:

  • Split Editor commands (requires Eclipse 4+)
  • Java extensions (requires JDT)
  • C/C++ extensions (requires CDT)
  • Python extensions (requires PyDev)
  • Port of sneak.vim vimscript
  • Port of surround.vim vimscript
  • Port of ipmotion.vim vimscript
  • Port of argtextobj.vim vimscript
  • Port of methodtextobj.vim vimscript
  • Port of exchange.vim vimscript
  • Port of textobj-line.vim vimscript
  • Port of vim-indent-object.vim vimscript
  • Port of cycle.vim vimscript
  • Port of camelcasemotion.vim vimscript
  • Integration with clang-format command

Documentation for these optional plugins can be found here: http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/documentation/?topic=optional_plugins

Fork us on GitHub! https://github.com/vrapper/vrapper

Categories: Editor, General Purpose Tools, Tools

Tags: free, vim, vi, emulation, GPL

Additional Details

Eclipse Versions: 2024-09 (4.33), 2024-06 (4.32), 2024-03 (4.31), 2023-12 (4.30), 2023-09 (4.29), 2023-06 (4.28), 2023-03 (4.27), 2022-12 (4.26), 2022-09 (4.25), 2022-06 (4.24), 2022-03 (4.23), 2021-12 (4.22), 2021-09 (4.21), 2021-06 (4.20), 2021-03 (4.19), 2020-12 (4.18), 2020-09 (4.17), 2020-06 (4.16), 2020-03 (4.15), 2019-12 (4.14), 2019-09 (4.13), 2019-06 (4.12), 2019-03 (4.11), 2018-12 (4.10), 2018-09 (4.9), Photon (4.8), Oxygen (4.7), Neon (4.6), Mars (4.5), Luna (4.4), Kepler (4.3), Juno (4.2, 3.8), Previous to Juno (<=4.1), 2024-12 (4.34), 2025-03 (4.35), 2025-06 (4.36)

Platform Support: Windows, Mac, Linux/GTK

Organization Name: Vrapper Team

Development Status: Production/Stable

Date Created: Monday, March 2, 2009 - 10:49

License: GPL

Date Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 16:56

Submitted by: Vrapper Team

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April 2025 31/598 555 17
March 2025 30/661 1076 22
February 2025 30/645 941 25
January 2025 30/654 951 25
December 2024 35/654 817 21
November 2024 36/658 910 11
October 2024 30/663 1129 8
September 2024 27/642 1193 21
August 2024 30/641 958 20
July 2024 35/663 940 32
June 2024 34/681 976 33
May 2024 41/682 991 19
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Submitted by David Soles on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 10:05

I just installed this plugin and works great on Eclipse 2021-03. Keep the good work Vrapper Team.

Submitted by Pushpendra Kumar on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 07:04

I have been vim user for last 10 years. Just start with eclipse, and this plugin made it home ;-) Thanks. I'll keep posting.

Submitted by Nir Friedman on Thu, 05/07/2015 - 10:27

I've tried quite a few vim emulators. This is hands down the best of those I've tried; that includes well regarded products like JetBrain IdeaVim. I'd say this plugin is 99% of the way to supporting everything you'd conceivably want in Vim when using it inside an editor. It even supports several popular vim plugins. When I compare Eclipse to other IDEs, it's become one of the major pros. It's also free and OSS; the maintainers are extremely friendly and responsive, and fixed a bug I reported almost instantly. Great product!

Submitted by Vrapper Team on Mon, 03/02/2015 - 18:02

The 'expandtab' setting only affects the i_ctrl-t, i_ctrl-d, and :retab commands. All other commands ('cc', 'o', etc.) should be using your Eclipse settings. The "insert spaces for tabs" Eclipse setting should be all you need. If you think this is a defect and you have more details, please open an issue on our GitHub page:
https://github.com/vrapper/vrapper/issues

Submitted by Vrapper Team on Sat, 07/19/2014 - 00:13

Vrapper only receives key presses if Eclipse does not have something bound to that key. You must unbind "Ctrl+V" from Eclipse for Vrapper to receive it. Go to Window -> Preferences -> General -> Keys and search for "Ctrl+V". Select the binding for Paste and click "Unbind Command". Hit 'OK' and Ctrl+V should now enter Visual Block mode in Vrapper.

I confirmed that this still works using the latest unstable build on Luna. If you're having issues with 0.44.0, try upgrading to the latest unstable build and please let us know if you're still seeing an issue.

Submitted by HY Xin on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 16:21

If there can be a way to move cursor between splits with some hotkey combination, (like the vim 'ww'), it would be great!

Submitted by Vrapper Team on Tue, 06/18/2013 - 21:16

HY Xin, we've been working on implementing this feature and put the current state on our Unstable update site. If you add our unstable update site to Eclipse you'll see an optional "Split Editor Plugin" which should give you the commands you want. We made this a separate plugin because it uses the Eclipse 4 API and we don't want to force our Eclipse 3.x users to upgrade. The feature might not be fully stable yet so let us know if you run into any defects! Thanks!
http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/update-site/unstable

Submitted by michalSt Mising name on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 17:24

I have noticed that it terribly slows down some activities in IDE.
when I hit Ctrl-F it takes cca. 2-4sec before search dialog appears.
after uninstallation Ctrl-F is fast immediate again.