Font changes aren’t saved
The default font is extremely small, using the menu to change the font works fine but the change isn’t saved as the default the next time you open it. Editing the .virmc file and manually setting it doesn’t seem to work either and if you’re not careful the app crashes on startup leaving you with no way to undo it.
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awesome, works
yeah. works perfect. surprising.
wish I knew about this app sooner
this app is a really good port of Vim to ios, im not a vim pro but most of the keybindings and features i use on Vim are in this app. I also really like the keyboard, makes coding so much faster. something i wish it had was .vimrc functionality, as i tried to make one but it didn't seem to work (idk if i did something wrong), but i guess that would be hard to implement. i also wish that it was easier to access the documents instead of having to click twice (the menu button and show me the documents). however the app is so good that im still gonna give it 5 stars despite these slight shortcomings. It's free, revolutionizes coding and note taking on phone, and i can't believe the app is not more popular.
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Good
If you actually want to get work done, don’t use iVim, and don’t program on iOS. Just by a laptop to actually program. I use iVim for practice with vim, and it’s pretty good. I also use iVim for note taking. VERY good for that, you can easily write down stuff, and it feels very natural.
Good
If you actually want to get work done, don’t use iVim, and don’t program on iOS. Just by a laptop to actually program. I use iVim for practice with vim, and it’s pretty good.
Love the idea, but…
I’ve been missing my favorite VI text editor, in my retired life, with most time spent on Apple and only a little time on Microsoft devices, but no Unix or Linux platform to play/develop on… I *love* the idea of being able to quickly make changes to text files with my old friend VIM. But I’ll join in with others, in saying there needs to be more adaptation to the iPhone and iPad environment. These days, most often when wanting to edit text, I’d be happy to copy/paste it into this VIM app, but the paste function only works rarely. Command-V *wants* to work, but usually doesn’t, and complains there’s nothing in the + buffer. I also tried the special form of pasting from the buffer named + (using “+p) but that works equally poorly. One would expect Command-V to work after entering Insert mode, like CTRL-V works on Linux in that mode, but that’s a complete bust. When it does work, it’s a seemingly random moment, when I hit Command-V with VIM in command mode and not insert mode. I’d also like to see a better implementation of the :help mode, which it says should accept a space and a keyword, but in fact, the space and the delete keys are not functional there. I’d also love to be able to see what files are available, in my current directory, but I need to switch to the Files app to see that. So… THREE stars for all the features that work, but minus two stars because it’s virtually unusable for me. I also don’t see a way to contact the developer, to provide this same feedback, so here it is in a review instead.
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Great
I use it for school with nextcloud
Good, but abandoned
Vim is a great editor and the iVim too. Sadly the app is abandoned by the developer. It’s years once last update and he doesn’t reply any issue on GitHub.
Best VimEditor for IOS!
I have tried a lots of vim emulator on iPad, but most of them have various problem. iVim is the best.
Almost great
This is an amazing ios port with a lot of power! I would love to make this my only text editor, but viewing documents is sadly very limited.
I would love an option to hide the keyboard and scroll through the document quickly. On a touchscreen there is no reason to not allow this, it’s even faster than using some keybindings
I would love an option to hide the keyboard and scroll through the document quickly. On a touchscreen there is no reason to not allow this, it’s even faster than using some keybindings
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Unusable
The app only creates files. You cannot open or edit existing ones. The files I do try to create have the keyboard constantly popping over everything I am trying to read.
Bom, mas abandonado
O Vim é um grande editor, e o iVim é muito bom também, mas ele está abandonado. Não recebe as últimas atualizações.
Excellent but tragically abandoned
This is by far the best tool for programming on iOS, and the best version of vim, as terminal emulators are less responsive and work with the screen and file system much more sloppily.
Really great ability to customise fonts, auto-restore, browse folders. I’ve paid for a lot of text editors on iPad and this one beats them all.
Unfortunately, there are serious bugs with this app stealing focus in Split View, the keyboard jumping around on touch and not being possible to dismiss, netrw breaking after accessing certain folders, etc. Looking on the GitHub page it appears other users have run into these problems and reported them a long time ago, but it appears the developer is no longer active.
I really hope iVim gets some updates and fixes, or that another brave developer picks up the mission of a great app Vim on iOS, because this app offers an exciting vision of the viability of iPads as development machines!
Really great ability to customise fonts, auto-restore, browse folders. I’ve paid for a lot of text editors on iPad and this one beats them all.
Unfortunately, there are serious bugs with this app stealing focus in Split View, the keyboard jumping around on touch and not being possible to dismiss, netrw breaking after accessing certain folders, etc. Looking on the GitHub page it appears other users have run into these problems and reported them a long time ago, but it appears the developer is no longer active.
I really hope iVim gets some updates and fixes, or that another brave developer picks up the mission of a great app Vim on iOS, because this app offers an exciting vision of the viability of iPads as development machines!
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Love the app but hate the subscription model
I don’t use this app much, but it’s very well done. I want to own it but my usage doesn’t justify the subscription price at all.
You really need a keyboard with an esc key
I downloaded this and tried it out. I am a very old time vi user, never really got used to any new features in vim. First problem I had on the iPad was after adding a few lines to a text file, I could not escape from insert mode. Had to quit and delete the app. Now I have to try to find out how to map the tap key to the esc key, and have no clue how to do that. I am using the Apple folding folio keyboard with my iPad and it has no esc key. I am sure there is a way to do it, but it is not obvious.
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Very expensive subscription in Brazil
The subscription is very expensive in Brazil, it costs more than Microsoft office.
The editor is good though, but given that it doesn't improve, with little ongoing development costs, a subscription is very difficult to justify.
The editor is good though, but given that it doesn't improve, with little ongoing development costs, a subscription is very difficult to justify.
This is my Go-To Text Editor
I've used this a lot and it's pretty robust. An external hardware keyboard is required for serious use; get the on-screen touch keyboard out of sight as quickly as possible. Ipad's sandboxing and limited file storage/access/sharing is annoying but the OS allows enough access to iVim to make it useful. I'm thankful it's available.
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Can’t see command line
The keyboard obscures the command line at the bottom of the screen. When you hide the keyboard, it immediately reappears. Either I’m missing something or the app is somewhat unusable.
brilliant for offline vim experience
ideally, i would have a perfect network connection, and I would just use mosh and work remotely on my linux boxes.
But there are numerous dead zones along my (3-hour) train routes. So, ivim lets me work on my files locally with all the vim goodness, upon which I rely utterly.
simply put, ivim lets me leave my large laptop at home and just take my iPad mini and a lightweight keyboard on my long commute.
Easily one of my top 5 favourite apps.
A tip: this is not neovim; so the new-fangled lua-plugins don't work. But I have essentially always found classic plugins and vimscript ways to do things. Ultimately, it is immensely slick-- just about indistinguishable from working on my linux workstation. Love it!
But there are numerous dead zones along my (3-hour) train routes. So, ivim lets me work on my files locally with all the vim goodness, upon which I rely utterly.
simply put, ivim lets me leave my large laptop at home and just take my iPad mini and a lightweight keyboard on my long commute.
Easily one of my top 5 favourite apps.
A tip: this is not neovim; so the new-fangled lua-plugins don't work. But I have essentially always found classic plugins and vimscript ways to do things. Ultimately, it is immensely slick-- just about indistinguishable from working on my linux workstation. Love it!
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あと一歩！！
素晴らしいです。
pcのgvimと使い心地がかなり近づいてきてます。
ただ一点、コマンドモードで日本語入力自動でオフにできませんかね？
そこが改善されればiPadだけで作業可能になるので助かります！
pcのgvimと使い心地がかなり近づいてきてます。
ただ一点、コマンドモードで日本語入力自動でオフにできませんかね？
そこが改善されればiPadだけで作業可能になるので助かります！
