On 14/07/10 04:12, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
[...]
I understand that recording macros is efficient, but I basically
never do
it. That's because I've learned to hate record mode, since I
accidentally
end up in it all the time when I mistype ":q" (as "q:" or just "q"). I'm
trying to exit, and I end up at an ex command line, and for a while I
didn't
know how to get OUT of record mode... This happened for many years,
since I
only used vi when programs popped vi as a default editor. I learned to
use
it out of self defense!
[...]
Hate is never a solution. In Vim everything is in the help. The way to
go, e.g. when you find yourself hitting the wrong keys, is to analyze
what you did and find the solution. q: q/ and q? open history windows,
the way to close them if you didn't want them is just :q — like for
every window. qq (or qa to qz) starts recording, if you've hit it and
didn't want to — the way to terminate the recording is to hit q again.
And on a lighter note — when I find myself hitting :q to close a
SeaMonkey mail, I can't help feeling stupid, so I try to teach myself to
use Vim commands in Vim and SeaMonkey commands in SeaMonkey rather than
the opposite.
Best regards,
Tony.
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