How to set a user-defined command in vscodevim

Question

When I use vim, I set my custom settings in ~/.vimrc like this:

command Noh noh
command NOh noh
command NOH noh

so that I can execute :noh, :NOh or :NOH, which would work just like :nohl.

Now I'm working with Vscode and I installed the plugin vscodevim 1.20.2. I want to make the same settings but I don't know how. I've tried as below but it's not working:

"vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
        {
            "before": [
                ":NOH"
            ],
            "after": [],
            "commands": [
                {
                    "command": ":nohl",
                    "args": []
                }
            ]
        }
]

Answer 1

I haven't been able to find a method to define custom commands with VSCodeVim, but if you split the "before" value into an array of characters (i.e. "before": [":", "N", "O", "H"]), you can simulate the desired behavior. It's somewhat hacky, since the normal-mode keybindings show up in a different place in the status bar, but it seems to work for me.

Note that you also won't be able to use tab completions, since you're not defining a real Ex command, but you can use "<Tab>" as a key in your "before" array, and it works. This way, you can use your command's most commonly-typed prefix, appended with "<Tab>", as the "before".

Note also that VSCodeVim added experimental vimrc support, which you could try. However, it seems like at least certain custom-defined commands fail to work.