On 04/04/09 00:50, John Beckett wrote: > > Toddintr wrote: >> Is there a mechanism that allows a custom collection to be >> pre-defined so that it can be used in multiple substitutions? >> >> For example: >> :s/[A-Z1234]/foo/g > > I don't think so, but perhaps Tim will enlighten us. I guess you > know about using the command line history (press : followed by > up arrow to select previous command, then edit it, or q: for > command window). > > You could script something with a user-defined command to assign > a collection to a variable (and these can be saved so they > persist), and some other command to invoke the substitute. > Clearly you would need to be doing this a lot to justify the > effort. > > You also queried (in an email to the list owner) when messages > should appear. I suppose I should occasionally post a message > explaining that there are two managers for vim_use (plus Bram), > and to avoid spam each new member is moderated. The delay after > posting your first message will vary from five minutes to half a > day, or longer, depending on luck and manager stress levels.
...assuming, of course, that the message is not an obvious spam. As described below, if you (or anyone) tried to get a new subscription in order to spam the list, _that_ first post's chance of ever reaching the list would be zero, zilch, nada, nitchevo. :-) Thanks John and Raúl for keeping the list clean! > > There is some information at: > http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/web/vim-information > > For anyone curious, the spam levels vary quite a lot. Sometimes > there are zero in a 24-hour period, but on other occasions there > are ten. I guarantee that if we were not moderating, there would > fifty or more spams messages EVERY DAY (the clever spammers work > out which groups are open for spam and don't bother us, while > the shotgun spammers just spew out anyway). > > John Yeah I know. I report every spam I get using SpamCop if I see it less than eight hours after it lands on the Web, thus contributing to closing the spammer's account (depending on how his ISP treats SpamCop messages) and to putting or keeping his IP address on the SpamCop blocking list (which anyone can use, including you if you're on Windows using any mail client and install SpamPal with the DNSBL plugin), yet I still get tens of spam messages every day, most of which are caught by SeaMonkey's bayesian filters; and this doesn't include the hundreds of daily spam caught by my Gmail account (which is only one of my accounts, but it has the advantage of holding spam server-side for 30 days before deleting it, thus allowing me to retrieve false positives). Best regards, Tony. -- DENNIS: Look, strange women lying on their backs in ponds handing out swords ... that's no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
