[Bug] Option 'vim.showcmd' has no effect

[IsaacKhor]

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one): Bug report

What happened: When vim.showcmd is set to true, implicitly or explicitly, commands being written are not shown

What did you expect to happen: Incomplete commands shoud be shown on the status bar

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

• Start new VSCode instance with fresh config
• Install VSCodeVim
• Open any file
• Type 20 or c
• Expected behaviour: the characters 20 or c shown in status bar
• Actual behaviour: status bar does not change

Environment:

• Extension Name: vim
• Extension Version: 0.10.13
• OS Version: Darwin x64 17.3.0
• VSCode version: 1.19.3

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[jpoon]

Damn, so many special cases of when/when not to update the status bar. I can repro, should be able to fix this soon.

[Dvbnhbq]

I'm experiencing the same issue. "vim.showcmd": true doesn't effect. How such bugs are possible? Do you guys have some testers in there? The way you do things is so annoying, first you publish a buggy product, then fix the bugs... Can I just have a complete working product at the same time? Status bar behavior, is it a big deal?

As an addition, vim.showmodename option works incorrectly, it doesn't show the mode name immediately after file was saved and until mode is changed to INSERT mode.

[jpoon]

@Dvbnhbq, I understand your frustration. However, do realize that we are a community of volunteers. Nobody is paid to maintain this extension, to fix bugs, or to add features. Please see our Code of Conduct for more details.

All the source code is available here on GitHub, so if you see a bug that is frustrating you, I encourage you to help fix it. As mentioned above, the fix for this is pretty simple so it'd be a good bug to take on for any first-time contributors.

As an addition, vim.showmodename option works incorrectly, it doesn't show the mode name immediately after file was saved and until mode is changed to INSERT mode.

This is similar to how vanilla VIM is implemented. Please file a separate issue if you think otherwise.

[jpoon]

I've taken a break from my vacation to fix this: #2386.

[Dvbnhbq]

@jpoon Hey! Sorry, I was not right saying that. I was like this is all Microsoft software...I'm really disappointed by them. I didn't realize that this is from volunteers. Once again, sorry for that.
And thanks for your fix. Hope this works.

[Chillee]

@Dvbnhbq Although some of the people who've contributed to this extension are Microsoft employees, many are not. For example, I'm just a college student who contributes to this extension in between managing courses, research, and other extracurriculars.

[jpoon]

Disclaimer: I am a Microsoft employee, but I do this in my off-time. @Dvbnhbq I'm curious what your experience with these other "buggy" Microsoft products you mentioned. A lot of the teams are now using GitHub to track issues, but if you have come across a specific issue I can see if I can track down the owner within the company.

[jpoon]

Closed with #2386