Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 6/15/09, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo something. too often in vim, hitting 'u' --- sometimes once

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:46:45 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo something. too often in vim, hitting 'u' --- sometimes once

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:51:06PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 09:18:42PM -0700, Michael K. Smith wrote: On 6/14/09 7:46 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand,

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:24:57AM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: On 6/15/09, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo something.

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 07:12:01PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:46:45 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Monday 15 June 2009 12:45:54 Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 07:12:01PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: In vim, with set compatible enabled, typing 'u' repeatedly toggles between the last two states of the buffer. In compatible mode I am not sure of how to undo multiple

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:14:44PM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 12:45:54 Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 07:12:01PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: In vim, with set compatible enabled, typing 'u' repeatedly toggles between the last two states of the buffer.

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 6/15/09, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:24:57AM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: On 6/15/09, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:48 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: PS: if gvim ever evolves into a word-processor, life will be *perfect* ;-) If you load a LaTeX file in gvim, it will get ahead of a word processor and evolve into a typesetting system. :-) -- Polytropon

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:01:17AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:48 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: PS: if gvim ever evolves into a word-processor, life will be *perfect* ;-) If you load a LaTeX file in gvim, it will get ahead of a word

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:00:30PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Yeah, see, this is exactly my problem. UAually, i just hit 'u' once, check my code, continue. But then I think there may be cap-u ['U'] ... or maybe not. It's only happened three or four times, but that

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:41:34PM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: Nvi is not Vi, and Vim is not Nvi clone. I thought that was self-evident. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Steve McConnell: Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about

Re: vim question...

2009-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 05:44:04PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:00:30PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: I feel like the original vi is insufficient for my needs, but that Vim's development doesn't exactly match my preferences. FreeBSD's nvi seems to have moved in exactly

vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Gary Kline
the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo something. too often in vim, hitting 'u' --- sometimes once accidentally --- has resulted in a small

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Glen Barber
Hi, Gary On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote:        the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo        command.  as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew        of times when i need to undo something.  too often in vim,        

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:00:59PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: Hi, Gary On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote:        the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo        command.  as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew        of

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote:        hi glenn, One 'n'. :)        yeah, i read the recent posts about the key binding and vim;        that's what brought my question to the fore.  i did read on the        evolution list that a gvim plugin may happen.  

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:24:29PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote:        hi glenn, One 'n'. :) gotcha! and see, this is a case of my occasionally typing 1 key. in vim, typing 'uu' can cause a truckload of

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Michael K. Smith
On 6/14/09 7:46 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo something. too often in vim, hitting 'u' --- sometimes once accidentally ---

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 09:18:42PM -0700, Michael K. Smith wrote: On 6/14/09 7:46 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew of times when i need to undo something. too

Re: vim question...

2009-06-14 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote: On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:24:29PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote: hi glenn, One 'n'. :) gotcha! and see, this is a case of my occasionally