Vim can do it just fine. Well, I just got this working today, and it may need some tweaking. If It doesn't work for you, take some java that compiles. Break one of the imports (assume you don't using foo.*; syntax much). Then comment lines below starting from bottom up. Watch editing happen. Try to do edits slowly to reproduce what's here. I generally hit F1 key to build with (jikes) (VimTip3). I hit F1 (:make), then hit F9 (add import for keyword found under cursor). Then F1 (make/build), and so on. Add Import Make :noremap :update:makej:cw 3p