Problem

The Linux SQL editor has no Vim mode. linux/ROADMAP.md, Backlog, SQL editor, lists "Vim mode." The macOS editor has one (features/vim-mode.mdx).

The editor is GtkSourceView (linux/ROADMAP.md, Implemented, SQL editor). GtkSourceView 5 ships Vim emulation as GtkSourceVimIMContext, and the sourceview5 0.11 bindings the app builds with (linux/Cargo.toml:92) include it.

Proposed solution

• A Vim Keybindings switch in Preferences, Editor, stored in GSettings, off by default.
• When on, the editor attaches GtkSourceVimIMContext and shows the mode and the pending command under the editor.
• :w saves the tab's file as Ctrl+S does, and :q closes the tab, asking first when it would lose work, as closing does today.
• App shortcuts that use Ctrl keep working in every mode: Ctrl+Return runs (linux/crates/app/src/application/accelerators.rs:203), Ctrl+Shift+Return runs the statement at the cursor, and find, format and comment keep their keys. Plain keys go to Vim in normal mode.
• Completion, find and replace, and toggle comment work in insert mode as they do now.

Done means: with the switch on, normal, insert and visual modes work in an editor tab, :w saves, and the run shortcuts still run.

Alternatives considered

No response

Platform

Linux

Related database type

N/A / General