# for Vim users This site is for all information valuable to users familiar with vim, that want to use Obsidian's vim mode. ## Basics - You can enable Obsidian's vim mode in the settings under `Editor – Advanced – Vim key bindings`. - Obsidian uses the [vim emulation from the CodeMirror Editor](https://github.com/replit/codemirror-vim), which does not include all vim commands, but most of them. - It is recommended to use the [vimrc Support Plugin](https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=obsidian-vimrc-support) to be able use an obsidian-specific `.vimrc` file. ## Plugins - see [[Vim-related Plugins]] for a (non-complete) collection of plugins for using Vim in Obsidian. ## Example vimrcs - [obsidian.vimrc and usage infos](https://bauer.codes/notes/Obsidian#Obsidian+vim+window+controls) by pmbauer - [obsidian.vimrc](https://github.com/chrisgrieser/.config/blob/41a9e915ec0b299084cf58f4265fb2f3a39e4643/obsidian/obsidian-vimrc.vim) by [[chrisgrieser|pseudometa]] %% Hub footer: Please don't edit anything below this line %% # This note in GitHub <span class="git-footer">[Edit In GitHub](https://github.dev/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/blob/main/04%20-%20Guides%2C%20Workflows%2C%20%26%20Courses/for%20Vim%20users.md "git-hub-edit-note") | [Copy this note](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/main/04%20-%20Guides%2C%20Workflows%2C%20%26%20Courses/for%20Vim%20users.md "git-hub-copy-note") | [Download this vault](https://github.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/archive/refs/heads/main.zip "git-hub-download-vault") </span>