iVim

Given the restrictions imposed by iOS it’s difficult to see how it could be much better.

This is a brilliant app. It’s well worth taking some time to familiarise yourself with it if you’re used to other types of editor - it will repay that investment many times over! I’m just a beginner, but the possibilities seem endless. I’ve also managed to add plugins using Pathogen.vim, and there are some lovely colour schemes as well. iVim can edit files in other apps via Files. In my opinion this is the best editor on the app store, and I have used some very good ones.

iVim works well given that the iOS environment is quite restrictive. ":help iOS" is what you need to get started...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

This puts the original port to shame. I have yet to find any limitation. All your plugins are available! A little tricky with getting them installed but once you get the hang of it, 😎. Yhanks for this awesome app!!