On 05:06 Mon 14 Oct , Ben Fritz wrote: > On Monday, October 14, 2013 5:59:48 AM UTC-5, Michael Henry wrote: > > All, > > > > > > > > I've been wondering about the use of CTRL-C regarding timers. > > > > There has been a lot of discussion on ways to regain control in > > > > the face of a runaway timer, which is of course an important > > > > consideration. I've been wondering, however, about any negative > > > > effects of accidental cancellation. If I understand correctly, when > > > > a user presses CTRL-C while a timer happens to be running, that > > > > timer will be canceled and not rescheduled. Can this happen > > > > accidentally when the user is pressing CTRL-C for other reasons > > > > (e.g., to abandon an ex-mode command he was typing)? Since > > > > timers might be running at arbitrary times, how can a user be > > > > sure it's safe to press CTRL-C without running the risk of canceling > > > > a timer by mistake? Should it require multiple CTRL-C presses in > > > > a row before aborting current and future timers, or is there some > > > > other way to make sure the user won't accidentally cancel timers > > > > that are operating properly? > > > > > > I think this is a valid concern. > > I'm not exactly sure how this works now, I remember discussion about a list > of canceled timers. Perhaps a single invocation could be canceled allowing > this list to be displayed, then a second CTRL-C would be required (with the > list displayed) to actually cancel all future invocations as well.
And what about i^c (<c-c> in the insert mode). Will it cancel timers or go to normal mode? Best regards, Marcin -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
