How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to get to options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. -- Regards, Peng -- -- 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://www

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread toothpik
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 04:45:46PM -0500, Peng Yu wrote: > Hi, > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to get to > options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. :help 'shiftwidth' -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Peng Yu
On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 5:09:58 PM UTC-5, toothpik wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 04:45:46PM -0500, Peng Yu wrote: > > Hi, > > > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to get to > > options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. > > :help 'shiftwidth' What is the difference be

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-03-29 15:26, Peng Yu wrote: > > > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to > > > get to options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. > > > > :help 'shiftwidth' > > What is the difference between with the single quote and without > the single quote? Where is this difference

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Dmitri Vereshchagin
* Peng Yu [2015-03-29 16:45]: > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to get to > options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. Surround shiftwidth with single quotes. Read ":help help-context". -- Dmitri Vereshchagin -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread toothpik
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 05:52:04PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2015-03-29 15:26, Peng Yu wrote: > > > > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to > > > > get to options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. > > > > > > :help 'shiftwidth' > > > > What is the difference between with t

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Tim Chase
[side rant] On 2015-03-29 18:28, toothpik wrote: > let mapleader = ',' I've never understood why people remap the exceptionally useful functionality of "," to become the map-leader. I use the native "," and ";" all the time in conjunction with f/F/t/T. :help ; :help , If one isn't going to

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Peng Yu
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2015-03-29 15:26, Peng Yu wrote: >> > > When I ":help shiftwidth", I get to eval.txt. But I'd like to >> > > get to options.txt. How to do so? Thanks. >> > >> > :help 'shiftwidth' >> >> What is the difference between with the single quote

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-03-29 20:22, Peng Yu wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > > :help list > > Is there a way to somehow print the potential matches in the > command to stdout. > > I am able to get vim print some arbitrary text. But I can not get > the above printed to the command l

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-29 Thread toothpik
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 07:08:53PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > [side rant] > On 2015-03-29 18:28, toothpik wrote: > > let mapleader = ',' > I've never understood why people remap the exceptionally useful > functionality of "," to become the map-leader. I use the native "," > and ";" all the time i

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-30 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2015-03-29, Tim Chase wrote: > [side rant] > > On 2015-03-29 18:28, toothpik wrote: > > let mapleader = ',' > > I've never understood why people remap the exceptionally useful > functionality of "," to become the map-leader. I use the native "," > and ";" all the time in conjunction with f/F/

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-31 Thread Peng Yu
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2015-03-29 20:22, Peng Yu wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Tim Chase wrote: >> > :help list >> >> Is there a way to somehow print the potential matches in the >> command to stdout. >> >> I am able to get vim print some arbitrary te

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-31 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > > On 2015-03-29 20:22, Peng Yu wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > >> > :help list > >> > >> Is there a way to somehow print the potential matches in the > >> command to stdout. > >> >

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-31 Thread Peng Yu
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Tim Chase wrote: >> > On 2015-03-29 20:22, Peng Yu wrote: >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Tim Chase wrote: >> >> > :help list >> >> >> >> Is there a way to somehow pri

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-31 Thread Nicolas Dermine
hi, On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2015-03-29, Tim Chase wrote: >> [side rant] >> >> On 2015-03-29 18:28, toothpik wrote: >> > let mapleader = ',' >> >> I've never understood why people remap the exceptionally useful >> functionality of "," to become the map-leader. I

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-03-31 Thread Christian Brabandt
Am 2015-04-01 04:27, schrieb Peng Yu: Check compgen in bash, then you will see what I mean. Please be more specific and say exactly what you want. Not everybody wants to install bash to check a manual page. Best, Christian -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not to

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-04-01 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > > On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: > >> In bash, there is `compgen`. So, it might make sense to add something > >> similar to vim as well? > > > > Isn't that what Tim already explained above with > > Check compgen

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-04-01 Thread Peng Yu
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: >> > On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: > >> >> In bash, there is `compgen`. So, it might make sense to add something >> >> similar to vim as well? >> > >> > Isn't

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-04-01 Thread Nikolay Pavlov
2015-04-02 1:25 GMT+03:00 Peng Yu : > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Gary Johnson wrote: >> On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: >>> > On 2015-03-31, Peng Yu wrote: >> >>> >> In bash, there is `compgen`. So, it might make sense to add something >>

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-04-02 Thread Charles Campbell
Peng Yu wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Tim Chase wrote: >> On 2015-03-29 20:22, Peng Yu wrote: >>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Tim Chase wrote: :help list >>> Is there a way to somehow print the potential matches in the >>> command to stdout. >>> >>> I am able to get vim pri

Re: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?

2015-04-02 Thread Charles Campbell
Christian Brabandt wrote: > Am 2015-04-01 04:27, schrieb Peng Yu: >> Check compgen in bash, then you will see what I mean. > > Please be more specific and say exactly what you want. Not everybody > wants to install bash to check a manual page. > If this helps, here's the pertinent section from bash

Keyword completion in Bash and Vim [Was: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?]

2015-04-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 01.04.15 17:25, Peng Yu wrote: > ~$ compgen -c ls > ls > ls > lsof > lsappinfo > lsbom > lsm > lsvfs > ls Or, more succinctly: $ ls ls lsblklscpulsmodlspcilsusb lsattr lsb_release lsinitramfs lsof lspgpot Compare, in Vim: :h c

Re: Keyword completion in Bash and Vim [Was: How to get to the helppage of shiftwidth in options.txt?]

2015-04-02 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-04-03 02:13, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 01.04.15 17:25, Peng Yu wrote: > > ~$ compgen -c ls > > ls > > ls > > lsof > > lsappinfo > > Or, more succinctly: > > $ ls > ls lsblklscpulsmodlspci > lsusb lsattr lsb_release lsinitramfs lsof lsp