Ring bell when search wraps? (i.e. on "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP")

2017-12-15 Thread Asheq Imran
When I search for something and it it wraps to the other end of the buffer, I sometimes feel disoriented about where I am in the buffer because I miss the message that says "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP". I would like for the bell to ring so the wrap is more obvious. Can I do it, or

Unable to avoid scrolling when switching buffers

2017-11-21 Thread Asheq Imran
By default, vim will purposefully try to vertically center the line that the cursor was on most recently when coming back to a buffer (e.g. with Ctrl-^ or :edit if the buffer is already loaded). I find this disorienting. I would rather have my window and cursor position stay exactly how I left

Re: making GNU screen, bash and vim work with a new X server

2011-07-19 Thread Imran
sawfish, so sometimes some new lisp functions I add on the fly may not work out so well ...), the X server stays up regardless. Problem solved. Something like this in ~/.Xclients: window-manager exec sleep 1000d wait Regards, Imran. On Jul 15, 5:46 am, Sam Watkins swatk

Can an existing vim server reconnect to a new X server?

2011-05-12 Thread Imran
: anything with the Meta/ALT key), etc. Is it possible to somehow force a vim server to re-connect to the (new) X server running on $DISPLAY (or to another X server, running on a different $DISPLAY)? Thanks in advance for any assistance :) -- Imran -- You received this message from the vim_use