Obsidian for Vim users
Why Obsidian?
I recently left my job as a software developer and started working as a digital transformation analyst — a job that entails a lot more note taking than before. As a developer, my primary tool was Neovim, which I still love for software development, but when it comes to pure note-taking, which does not natively happen in a terminal environment, I found myself looking at a GUI solution pretty soon. I briefly experimented with OneNote, but of course, I quickly found I was missing my beloved Vim keys. This is why I turned to Obsidian, which has a native Vim mode, and I have since customized the app to port as many features that I like from Vim as possible.
Vim mode
The first thing to do is obviously enabling Vim key bindings in Obsidian settings (Options > Editor > Advanced). Obsidian uses the vim emulation from the CodeMirror Editor, which does not include all vim commands, but most of them:
For more info on Obsidian and vim mode, see the Obsidian Hub:
