Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-18 Thread 'Suresh Govindachar' via vim_use
On 11/2/2020 10:19 AM, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Hello Vim users, 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these days? VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER TO USE This is a big

Re: Mixing Vim9 and legacy script (was: Happy birthday!)

2020-11-07 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 12:10 AM Steve Litt wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 10:40:23 +0100 > Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 10:04 AM Steve Litt > > wrote: [...] > > > Is there any documentation on the new Vim9 script yet, and if so, > > > where is it. Also, congrats on and

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-06 Thread 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 23:12, Jerry Peek at sites4people.com wrote: > I put together two chapters about vi in "UNIX Power Tools", in 1990 or so, > when I worked for O'Reilly. [...] >, I see that the 8th Edition of O'Reilly's "Learning the vi & Vim Editors" Two solid books! Thanks Jerry. And

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-05 Thread Jerry Peek at sites4people.com
On 11/2/2020 11:19, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Hello Vim users, 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these days? VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER TO USE ... I started using

Re: Mixing Vim9 and legacy script (was: Happy birthday!)

2020-11-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 10:40:23 +0100 Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 10:04 AM Steve Litt > wrote: [...] > > Is there any documentation on the new Vim9 script yet, and if so, > > where is it. Also, congrats on and thank you for 29 years of a > > spectacular editor. > > > > SteveT >

Vim 9 function arguments (was: Happy birthday!)

2020-11-04 Thread Bram Moolenaar
> > VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER TO USE > > > > This is a big project. A lot of progress has been made, but it will > > take time until we'll have "version 1.0". To make it possible to > > compile a Vim script function, so that it can be executed 10-100 times > >

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-04 Thread BPJ
Den mån 2 nov. 2020 19:20Bram Moolenaar skrev: > > Hello Vim users, > > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. > Congratulations, and thanks for keeping it up all these years; it gives "long term maintenance" a whole new meaning! And Vim is more popular than ever

Re: Mixing Vim9 and legacy script (was: Happy birthday!)

2020-11-04 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 10:04 AM Steve Litt wrote: [...] > Is there any documentation on the new Vim9 script yet, and if so, where > is it. Also, congrats on and thank you for 29 years of a spectacular > editor. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt The documentation about Vim 9 script is at :help vim9.txt.

Re: Mixing Vim9 and legacy script (was: Happy birthday!)

2020-11-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:44:26 +0100 Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > Yes, each file can be legacy script or Vim 9 script and one can source > the other. You cannot switch halfway the file, that would be too > confusing. > > You can use the new :def functions in legacy script. And

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-03 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 9:24 AM Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:19:38 +0100 > Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > Hello Vim users, > > > > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. > > And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these > > days?

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-03 Thread Johannes Degen
Many happy returns! En een fijne verjaardag gewenst. I've been a happy user since Vim 5.8 (I think). Thanks for one of the finest pieces of software on our planet! On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 9:58 AM Volker Bernhard Duetsch < volker.duet...@gmx.de> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:19:38 +0100 > Bram

Mixing Vim9 and legacy script (was: Happy birthday!)

2020-11-03 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Steve Litt wrote: > > VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER TO USE > > > > This is a big project. A lot of progress has been made, but it will > > take time until we'll have "version 1.0". To make it possible to > > compile a Vim script function, so that it can be executed

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-03 Thread Volker Bernhard Duetsch
On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:19:38 +0100 Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > Hello Vim users, > > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. > And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these days? Hello Vim users, Vim the only constant in my life since 1998,

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:19:38 +0100 Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Hello Vim users, > > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. > And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these > days? > > > VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-02 Thread trialero
Den Mandag den 2. november 2020 skrev Bram Moolenaar: > > Hello Vim users, > > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. Van harte Gefeliciteerd! //meine -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-02 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Bram! On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:19:38 +0100 Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Hello Vim users, > > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. > And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these days? > Mazal Tov ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazel_tov )

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-02 Thread 'caveman رجل الكهف' via vim_use
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, November 2, 2020 6:19 PM, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. > And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these days? nice sir! i conjecture that vim will keep getting more

Re: Happy birthday!

2020-11-02 Thread 'Philip Rhoades' via vim_use
Bram and other Vim contributors, Thanks so much for Vim - I love it! (I have been using it since the beginning). Phil. On 2020-11-03 05:19, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Hello Vim users, 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. And Vim is more popular than ever

Happy birthday!

2020-11-02 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Hello Vim users, 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed. And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these days? VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER TO USE This is a big project. A lot of progress has been made, but it

Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Tony Mechelynck
Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday dear Vi-im! Happy Birthday To You! and Many Happy Returns of the Day! Vim is 12 years old today: its first public release (Vim 1.14 for the Amiga) happened on 2 November 1991 on Fish disk #591. Best regards, Tony. -- As soon

Re: Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Ping
Nice. How old is emacs btw? from iPhone On Nov 2, 2013, at 18:05, Tony Mechelynck antoine.mechely...@gmail.com wrote: Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday dear Vi-im! Happy Birthday To You! and Many Happy Returns of the Day! Vim is 12 years old today: its

Re: Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On 02/11/13 11:11, Ping wrote: Nice. How old is emacs btw? from iPhone Not the wildest. Maybe Wikipedia could tell you, and if the wiki in your own language doesn't say, try the English one. Best regards, Tony. -- Really heard in court in the U.S.A.: Q.: That myasthenia gravis, does it

Re: Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Gregory M. Caughey
On 11/2/2013 3:20 AM, Tony Mechelynck wrote: On 02/11/13 11:11, Ping wrote: Nice. How old is emacs btw? from iPhone Not the wildest. Maybe Wikipedia could tell you, and if the wiki in your own language doesn't say, try the English one. Best regards, Tony. *Emacs* /

Re: Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Paul Isambert
Tony Mechelynck antoine.mechely...@gmail.com a écrit: Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday dear Vi-im! Happy Birthday To You! and Many Happy Returns of the Day! Vim is 12 years old today: its first public release (Vim 1.14 for the Amiga) happened on 2 November

Re: Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 02.11.13 12:32, Paul Isambert wrote: You meant: Vim is 22. It has come of age some time ago :) Now if wiki-google could just tell us how much that changes the ratio of users younger than Vim, to those older. At least Vim is allowed to drink at its birthday party. Erik -- If the theological

Re: Happy Birthday Vim

2013-11-02 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On 02/11/13 12:32, Paul Isambert wrote: Tony Mechelynck antoine.mechely...@gmail.com a écrit: Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday dear Vi-im! Happy Birthday To You! and Many Happy Returns of the Day! Vim is 12 years old today: its first public release (Vim 1.14