Remapping `d` to always delete to black-hole

I used to have the following in my .vimrc:

" Redirect all delete-operations to black-hole
" Use 'm' ("move") for all cut-operations
nnoremap d "_d
nnoremap m d

What would be the VSCodeVim equivalent? I can’t seem to make it work, I already tried the following:

    "vim.otherModesKeyBindings": [
        { "before": ["d"], "after": ["\"", "_", "d"] }
    ],
    "vim.otherModesKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
        { "before": ["m"], "after": ["d"] },
        { "before": ["m", "m"], "after": ["d", "d"] }
    ]

This makes the bindings for m work, but breaks d…

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version: v0.12.0
• VSCode version: 1.23.1
• OS version: Mac OS 10.13.4

[shawnaxsom]

PR is up! I found that our remapper has other issues mentioned in the PR. I don’t think any of those are regressions, so I think we can move forward with this solution.

When the PR is merged, the following vscode setting should allow e.g. dd and dw to become "_dd and "_dw, which work correctly now with our remapper.

{
     "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
        {
            "before": ["d"],
            "after": [ "\"", "_", "d" ]
        }
    ]
}

[snide]

Hey @shawnaxsom. Thank you for jumping on this. I’m one of those rare designers who fell in love with Vim because of how custom i could make it. As primarily a designer this patch was not something I could have contributed myself and it’s great to see this plugin being so well maintained.

I just wanted to say thanks. I do some open source work myself and know it can sometimes be rough dealing with issues. Know that your work helps me be more productive in the editor I prefer and I appreciate the contribution.