I would like to concur with some that it is strange that the "d"/"u" keys work for scrolling when the "Press ENTER or type command to continue" message comes up; however, the "q" key does not just exit the prompt, but also begins recording a macro.
I feel that "q" should only exit (and not record a macro). So, the user would be able to hold down "d" to get to the bottom of the message, and then press "q" to exit it, just like with the "less" program. --Matt On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:36:20PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > John Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ???? 2007-03-22 12:43:51: > > Thanks for the clarification Brett. At least if you have external > > commands you use regularly though, you could wrap them in a vim > > function, thereby making them effectively internal, making g< useful. > > > > Just an update - I promised I'd investigate extending my "patch" to > > help those people who complained about losing their commands if they > > pressed one too many keys. > > I tried the most obvious approach, and whilst it sort of worked, > > there was some unhandled complexity to do with reverting to "more- > > prompt" mode which I couldn't easily work out. > > I think it was because vim thought we had alreday exited "more- > > prompt" mode, when in fact we shouldn't have (so you couldn't scroll > > back up when you reached the end). > > Since this g< command works somewhat (or can be made to work by > > using a wrapper function for external commands), I think I might > > give up on this and just be satisfied with the simpler "q exits the > > Press Enter prompt" change. > > Cheers, > > John > > Just done some experiment, if I use j/k or <up>/<down> to scroll within the > "more-prompt" the message will never quit. Seems good but not quite useful > to me since I always use "f"/"b" or <pgdn>/<pgup> to view the message. > > So the only issue is the lack of "f"/"b" or <PgDn><PgUp> support for the > "more-prompt" and "hit-enter-prompt". key "f" and "b" is the standard > page-scrolling key for less and more, it seems strange that the > "more-prompt" and "hit-enter-prompt" do not have support the "f" and "b" > key. > > Let's hope it will be available in future versions. > > -- > Sincerely, > Pan, Shi Zhu
