On 09/20/2014 05:12 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: ... snip >> Can't help diagnose gedit, can only say that in nigh on a quarter >> century's use of vi/vim, I've never lost (or doubled up on) a byte >> through unreliability. There is though, some extra use of undo while >> getting used to it, as with most unfamiliar software tools. >> >> I will admit to casting an eye on the status line to check the size of, >> in particular, my "on-line brain" file before saving it, just to check >> that I haven't fumble-fingered a slab of it away myself. The trouble >> with backups is that they back up your mistakes, if you never check. >> >> Erik >> > > Beat me to it. I was just about to say "vi is yer frieeeend... " ;-)
I haven't been monitoring this thread, but the above reminds me of the problems I have had with seemingly unsolicited edits in gEdit. I don't normally use a wheel mouse, but the app I'm working on requires one. I noticed editing problems showing up after starting to use a wheel mouse. The wheel has a combination of both a scroll and select text button function, which can easily cause a copy and paste without being aware of it. Recently, I found a large section of an e-mail message pasted into a Python file I'm working on. I also get strange sticky scrolling every once in a while. I'd prefer to not use a wheel mouse. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
