The code is quite nice indeed, and oh so small for a vim emulator - I've contributed a significant chunk to XVim which is positively massive in comparison, so I have some frame of reference.
The problem is that if you want all the fixes you pretty much have to compile a version with all the pull requests yourself as they don't get merged into mainline in a timely fashion. I would personally be much more keen to fix these things if I knew that my efforts along with everyone else's were expediently dealt with.
I do have vintage_start_in_command_mode set, but that apparently only works on startup (I read somewhere on the forums that it's a per-file setting, whatever that means).
Vintage is pretty good, but I don't agree that it is top shelf - ViEmu and jVi are both better Vim emulators IMO, and Vrapper and XVim are better in at least some regards.
The problem is that if you want all the fixes you pretty much have to compile a version with all the pull requests yourself as they don't get merged into mainline in a timely fashion. I would personally be much more keen to fix these things if I knew that my efforts along with everyone else's were expediently dealt with.
I do have vintage_start_in_command_mode set, but that apparently only works on startup (I read somewhere on the forums that it's a per-file setting, whatever that means).
Vintage is pretty good, but I don't agree that it is top shelf - ViEmu and jVi are both better Vim emulators IMO, and Vrapper and XVim are better in at least some regards.