This works as a replacement for me. It's a bummer to have to install the native portion, but I understand the reasons. At least those are lightweight and easy with the well done instructions. To use gvim, I set my external editor to ["gvim", "-f"]. My only concern at this point is tracking updates on the native part. Hopefully the extension itself can help raise awareness when needed. In the meantime, I'll just follow the project on GitHub.