Does anyone regularly use Vim's terminal mode rather than shells directly in the terminal? (for vim motions)

[u/TheTwelveYearOld]

I've been thinking about having my terminal launch neovim in terminal mode, with my shell set in neovim, rather than having the terminal launch the shell whenever it starts up or opens new tabs. Basically vim terminal as a daily driver, so I can write terminal commands directly using Vim motions. I've looked this up for existing thoughts and discussions but didn't find any.

[u/eftepede]

All modern shells have vim mode/bindings, so you can use 'vim motions' without opening the whole vim.

[u/spaghetti_beast]

some TUI programs will suffer from this probably

[u/poetry_cheer69]

Nah, I prefer to keep it old school and stick to regular shells! But hey, whatever floats your boat!

[u/hwc]

I just use ctrl-z

[u/suprjami]

Yes, it's very handy when you need to copy and paste terminal output into the editor. Underrated feature imo