I haven't run this long enough to definitely say that it's better, but this in theory should offer more correct vim behavior: https://github.com/asvetliakov/vscode-neovim

I've been using it for a couple months now as my main editor. Overall I really like it. It's just a touch laggy. So for example if you press esc then try to do a normal mode command, sometimes your key presses still go into insert mode.

Indeed, they have done such an amazing work! I usually find my self using the best of Vim and VSCode at the same time.

I also enjoy the emulated plugins (vim-surround mostly).

It's pretty good, although I've found it a bit funky with copy/paste/yanking.

Try adding "vim.useSystemClipboard": true to your VSCode's settings. Works mostly fine for me...

That part of the codebase needs a big overhaul and could use finding!