Is it possible to toggle novim-mode?

[olistrik]

Hi there,

I frequently run into the issue that if I'm pair programming with colleagues we have to switch editors because they can't use vim. As the title suggests, I was wondering if it was possible to toggle novim-mode on and off, so I can use vim as normal, then when I colleague wishes to type I can switch into novim-mode.

[omentic]

I have quite the opposite problem - I don't use Vim, and the people I work with reasonably expect a vim-like copy of vim to be on my computer. I fixed this by aliasing vim to nvim --noplugin. Maybe you could alias nvim -u, and create a custom init.vim that sources your regular file and then installs novim-mode?

There isn't a way to toggle it from within the editor, I believe. You'd need a novim_mode function that would go through and reset all the remaps and settings.

[tombh]

That's a good idea @J-James. I am also looking into the toggle function, but yeah unmapping doesn't look so straightforward, but there must be a way.