Leap: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse (github.com)

Article summary

The article discusses Leap, a Neovim plugin that aims to replace the mouse with keyboard-based navigation. Leap provides features like heads-up visibility and preview, allowing users to navigate and edit text more efficiently. The plugin is seen as a potential game-changer for Neovim users who want to minimize their use of the mouse. Leap is comparable to Sneak for Vim and is part of Neovim's efforts to improve user experience.

Main themes

• Neovim plugins
• keyboard-based navigation
• Vim vs Neovim
• IDE integration
• editing efficiency
• mouse usage in terminals

What commenters say

• Some users find the mouse convenient for certain actions in Vim and Neovim, and may not see a need to switch to a keyboard-based navigation plugin like Leap.
• Others appreciate the potential of Leap to improve navigation and editing efficiency, and see it as a reason to switch from Vim to Neovim.
• Neovim's active maintenance and development, including plugins like Leap, make it an attractive choice for some users, even if Vim is still being updated.
• The use of a mouse or trackpoint device is still preferred by some users for certain tasks, such as resizing splits or scrolling terminal output.
• Leap's ability to jump across panes and windows is seen as a major advantage by some users.
• Some users are interested in using Neovim as a backend for IDEs, and see plugins like Leap as a way to improve the editing experience.
• The development of Leap is seen as a significant improvement over previous plugins, such as Lightspeed, and is a major factor in some users' decision to switch.