Sweet. Now I know what that weird buffer is that sometimes pops up when I mistype a quit command. Thanks!
Thomas On Nov 7, 10:44 am, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the prompt, I mean where you typically enter commands. I'm not sure > > of the technical name for this in Vim. Is there a way to treat this > > prompt/buffer as though it were a regular Vim buffer, allowing for a > > normal mode, at least for the sake of motions? > > Sounds like you're reaching for the command-history (or > search-history) windows (discussed in the last 48hr in a parallel > thread). You can either invoke it directly from normal mode with > > q: > q/ > > or, if you're in the middle of editing a command-line, you can > invoke control+F (or whatever you've overridden it with by > changing the 'cedit' option). You can read more at > > :help cmdwin > > -tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
