Re: expired certificate

2023-09-13 Thread Stan Brown
Both in Firefox and in Chrome, I pasted https://www.vim.org/ in the address bar. They are both quick to complain about expired certificates; neither one had a problem displaying the page or showed any odd messages. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-09-13 13:14, rwmit

Re: BUG: terminal vim 9.0.1506 x64 window 10

2023-06-21 Thread Stan Brown
, you have to change some settings to activate WSL. Googling for "bash shell" "Windows 11" turns up many useful-looking pages. This one seems straightforward: <https://mspoweruser.com/different-ways-to-run-shell-script-files-on-windows/> Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA,

Re: surprising glob() result on Windows

2023-05-01 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-04-30 20:58, Enan Ajmain wrote: > On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:37:19 -0700 > Stan Brown wrote: >> Some time after that, I'm not sure when but certainly by the release of >> Windows 10, it became possible to disable SFNs for any particular disk >> partition. And so

Re: surprising glob() result on Windows

2023-04-29 Thread Stan Brown
Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2023-04-29 08:28, Mike wrote: > On 04/29/2023 10:51 AM, Mike wrote: >> On 04/28/2023 9:32 PM, Mike wrote: >>> Briefly, I have a case where glob("*.ext") returns more files than I >>> expect. >>

Re: Searching across a range of lines

2023-01-14 Thread Stan Brown
do what I'm trying to do, but the bigger problem is > that :g absolutely moves the cursor, putting it on the last found match. I use :g as Tim does. I don't particularly want the cursor moved, but after looking at the results I simply type `` and the cursor is back where it was.

Re: Emulate keyboard keys through Vim that the OS interpret it.

2022-11-12 Thread Stan Brown
r chosen combination) in a Vim window and pass Widows+R to the OS. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http

Re: Control keys not working

2022-07-29 Thread Stan Brown
ocument in Word or Outlook and then press Ctrl+Z, is the change reverted, or do you see a Z inserted the document? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you a

Re: vim with gui in windows

2022-07-24 Thread Stan Brown
at Ctrl+C behaves the same in Windows GUI applications and in command-prompt Vim.) My Vim is 7.4, but Id be awfully surprised if that stopped working in later versions. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-po

Re: % and matchpairs

2022-06-05 Thread Stan Brown
glish (at ast not often). Thanks for posting about this, Eli. I did not know about matchpairs, but adding < > and the Windows "curly quotes" will be a help to me in editing files that will eventually be ebooks. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com -- -- You received t

Re: global command

2022-04-09 Thread Stan Brown
he command: either '' or `` See <:help ''> and <:help restore-position>. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replyi

Re: Large file - Opening n head lines

2022-03-17 Thread Stan Brown
he help of some > pre/post-processing tool, but... Vim can edit pretty large files > relatively quickly, if set up properly. Have you tried playing with > Vim's settings already? What settings do you have in mind? I wasn't aware that Vim needed to be set up differently for files

Re: Sven Guckes passed away

2022-02-21 Thread Stan Brown
That's sad news. I remember a number of interactions with Sven, in email and in various newsgroups, and he was always courteous, and generous with his time. He'll be missed. Bram, I like your idea to dedicate release 9 to his memory. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMa

Re: Vim9 script feature-complete

2021-12-30 Thread Stan Brown
Sorry for sending to Bran directly: I didn't notice till it was too late that ThUnderbird ignored the Reply-to line. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below t

Re: See the contents of an included file

2021-05-12 Thread Stan Brown
I type gf Vim splits the window, opens the file in the new window, and jumps to it. (The cursor can be anywhere on the file name; see ":h gf" for more.) You can close the file and window with :q in the usual way. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSyst

Re: Automating paragraphs (was Re: Dump help pages)

2021-04-17 Thread Stan Brown
se. Just a day or two ago I couldn't think what term to query via :help, so I googled my query and got an answer immediately. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do n

Automating paragraphs (was Re: Dump help pages)

2021-04-16 Thread Stan Brown
sly was, in case I > accidentally move it? `` or '' (One goes back to the _line_) where you were; the other goes back to the exact position within the line.) -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com -- -- You received this message from the &

Re: " -> \(lq ... " -> \(rq

2021-03-04 Thread Stan Brown
> which get closer to 100% error free > detection of opening and closing " > in vim? If you want the actual characters, this will take you to the next occurrence: /[“”]/ In other words, put the two quote marks within square brackets. If you want the troff sequences, use /\\([lr]q/ T

Re: Vim9: call function from variadic function?

2021-02-28 Thread Stan Brown
:h curly-braces-names -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com On 2021-02-28 06:14, Lifepillar wrote: > This might be a bit of a stretch, but... is it possible to > "expand/split" variable arguments to call another function with fixe

Re: Stop notification from :wn

2021-02-12 Thread Stan Brown
ething larger than 2. I found this at :h press-enter -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more info

Spell check: ignoring soft hyphens

2021-01-01 Thread Stan Brown
ord. I don't expect Vim to know what is correct syllabication, just to ignore any soft hyphen when it's deciding whether a word is spelled correctly. Currently I handle this by putting "pur<173>pose" in my word list file, but obviously I don't want to do that with eve