PSReadLine 2.0 Vi mode visual editing with vim doesn't work

I can’t edit a command line in vim with PSReadLine 2.0. This worked fine in previous versions so I think it might have something to do with the change in output encoding.

Environment data

PS version: 6.1.0-preview.503 PSReadline version: 2.0 os: 10.0.15063.0 (WinBuild.160101.0800) PS file version: 6.1.0

Steps to reproduce or exception report

• set $env:VISUAL = 'vim.exe'
• type command to edit
• press ESC
• press v

result:

• press ZQ to exit vim and the previous screen is cleared.

If I change $env:VISUAL = 'gvim.exe' everything is fine since gvim opens out of process.

Behavior is the same with PSReadLine under Windows PowerShell 5.1…

[gwojan]

I’m closing this issue. It’s long been resolved and I must’ve forgotten to close it then. 😦

[gwojan]

@lzybkr Adding VIM switches to $env:VISUAL breaks ViEditVisually functionality do to the way the command is validated. I’ll see if I can fix that.

In the mean time, I created a batch file @vim.exe -T win32 %* which is called instead. Using win32 has no effect. dumb actually works but all the VT sequences are written to the console as well:

As far as Set-ConsoleMode, I’ve been using that since you published the Gist for me – it has no effect.