Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Lifepillar
On 11/08/2017 22:30, Jose Caballero wrote: From the description (*), I would say yes, that seems to be exactly what I am looking for. You may find this guide interesting: https://github.com/mhinz/vim-galore Life. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post!

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Tim Chase
On 2017-08-11 10:16, Grant Taylor wrote: > I'd suggest not modifying how Vim behaves / does thing while > getting started with Vim. > > However that does not extend to unconfigured Vim. I say this > because things like line numbers (:set number), search highlighting > (:set hlsearch), and

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Jose Caballero
2017-08-11 15:27 GMT-04:00 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pavlov : > 2017-08-11 21:36 GMT+03:00 Jose Caballero : >> I reply to myself so I don't pick any particular answer. >> Thanks a lot for your comments. I will have a look to those books. I >> have SAFARI

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pavlov
2017-08-11 21:36 GMT+03:00 Jose Caballero : > I reply to myself so I don't pick any particular answer. > Thanks a lot for your comments. I will have a look to those books. I > have SAFARI account, so I can check them for free :) > As I said, I am not that much concerned

Re: wrapping a series of comma separated words

2017-08-11 Thread Ben Fritz
On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 10:57:27 AM UTC-5, Chris Lott wrote: > I'm constantly needing to wrap a series of comma separated titles with html > tags, so this: > > John has published work in foo, fubar, boo review, and many more. > > Becomes this > > John has published work in

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Jose Caballero
I reply to myself so I don't pick any particular answer. Thanks a lot for your comments. I will have a look to those books. I have SAFARI account, so I can check them for free :) As I said, I am not that much concerned about learning editing features, or things I can do "with my fingers" when

Re: dbext hangs with sqlplus connection

2017-08-11 Thread Dan Wierenga
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:11 AM, David Fishburn wrote: > > Hey Dan. > > I have been working away at improving the async job support. > > I think I have made some good headway. Would you be willing to try a > pre-release and do some testing for me. I will email you

Re: dbext hangs with sqlplus connection

2017-08-11 Thread David Fishburn
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Dan Wierenga wrote: > > Any update on this? > > Hey Dan. I have been working away at improving the async job support. I think I have made some good headway. Would you be willing to try a pre-release and do some testing for me. I will

Re: Recognize Vim terminal buffers

2017-08-11 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Lifepillar wrote: > On 11/08/2017 18:21, Christian Brabandt wrote: > > > > On Fr, 11 Aug 2017, Lifepillar wrote: > > > >> Is there any way yet to recognize that a window's buffer is a > >> terminal buffer (say, to define a custom status line)? > >> > >> To be clear, I am talking about the

Re: dbext hangs with sqlplus connection

2017-08-11 Thread Dan Wierenga
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Dan Wierenga wrote: > > It looks like dbext thinks there's a file named "1" in that directory, but > that directory only has dbext.sql inside it. > Any update on this? -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Grant Taylor
On 08/11/2017 09:53 AM, John Passaro wrote: > To my mind, the short answer is learn regular, unconfigured vim first. I'd suggest not modifying how Vim behaves / does thing while getting started with Vim. However that does not extend to unconfigured Vim. I say this because things like line

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread John Passaro
This is a great question. To my mind, the short answer is learn regular, unconfigured vim first. Use vimtutor (see :help vimtutor) to get started if you're really at zero and have no idea even what to search for with :help. To go deeper and really set yourself up for powerful configuration, it

Re: A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread arocker
> > What I don't seem to find is a documentation newbies-friendly to > custom configure vim. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596529833.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/11687.do https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-vim-script-1/index.html Are good places to start. "Conway vim"

Re: Recognize Vim terminal buffers

2017-08-11 Thread Lifepillar
On 11/08/2017 18:21, Christian Brabandt wrote: On Fr, 11 Aug 2017, Lifepillar wrote: Is there any way yet to recognize that a window's buffer is a terminal buffer (say, to define a custom status line)? To be clear, I am talking about the terminal feature currently under development in Vim.

A very naive question: any doc (book, web page, ...) to learn step by step how to custom configure vim?

2017-08-11 Thread Jose Caballero
Hi, first, I sincerely apologize for asking in this forum a question that I believe is trivial for most members in the list. However, I think you will understand why I am asking it here. I am regular VIM user, even though I only know around 1% of the user's features. But that is fine, since I

Re: Recognize Vim terminal buffers

2017-08-11 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Fr, 11 Aug 2017, Lifepillar wrote: > Is there any way yet to recognize that a window's buffer is a > terminal buffer (say, to define a custom status line)? > > To be clear, I am talking about the terminal feature currently under > development in Vim. You can check the buftype option, which

Recognize Vim terminal buffers

2017-08-11 Thread Lifepillar
Is there any way yet to recognize that a window's buffer is a terminal buffer (say, to define a custom status line)? To be clear, I am talking about the terminal feature currently under development in Vim. Thanks, Life. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not

Re: "real" shell in window?

2017-08-11 Thread Gua Chung Lim
* ANDY KENNEDY (andy.kenn...@adtran.com) wrote: > Is there a way in Vim to open a :vs, then launch some sort of shell in > that window? > > I found a couple of different plugins that appear to be loosely what I > want, but I would rather have something that has been pushed back to > the Vim.

Re: "real" shell in window?

2017-08-11 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Fr, 11 Aug 2017, Christian Brabandt wrote: > You can find precompiled binaries at the vim/vim-win32-installer > repository. I think I am wrong because I think those binaries do not include the new terminal feature. Best, Christian -- Die Unterschiede in den Anlagen der Menschen sind

Re: "real" shell in window?

2017-08-11 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Mi, 09 Aug 2017, ANDY KENNEDY wrote: > All, > > First, thanks Christian for adding me back to the list ;). You're welcome. > Is there a way in Vim to open a :vs, then launch some sort of shell in > that window? > > I found a couple of different plugins that appear to be loosely what I >

Re: "real" shell in window?

2017-08-11 Thread Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pavlov
2017-08-09 23:25 GMT+03:00 ANDY KENNEDY : > All, > > First, thanks Christian for adding me back to the list ;). > > Is there a way in Vim to open a :vs, then launch some sort of shell in > that window? > > I found a couple of different plugins that appear to be loosely

"real" shell in window?

2017-08-11 Thread ANDY KENNEDY
All, First, thanks Christian for adding me back to the list ;). Is there a way in Vim to open a :vs, then launch some sort of shell in that window? I found a couple of different plugins that appear to be loosely what I want, but I would rather have something that has been pushed back to the