On Friday, April 27, 2012 2:48:06 PM UTC-4, Tim Chase wrote: > On 04/27/12 13:35, pixelterra wrote: > > "Suppose you typed a longer command and you noticed that you > > had made several mistakes, and wanted to do the correction in > > the vi editor itself. You can type 'v' to edit the command in > > the editor and not on the command line!" > > Are you sure you mean typing "v" to edit the command? Usually it > defaults to control+F on the command-line (assuming you haven't > changed the value for 'cedit', something I don't recommend > doing). This opens the command-line window. It should keep > 'history' entries around (defaulting to 20) > > :help cmdwin > :help 'history' > :help 'cedit' > > If you want to get to this window again, you can either press the > colon followed by control+F. Alternatively, you can use > > q: > > to open the window. Similar editing can be done on search > history with "q/" or pressing control+F in a "/" or "?" search > you've already started. > > To navigate, you can scroll back using normal Vi navigation > (searching, h/j/k/l, etc) > > > But after I edit the command in vim, how do I get that command > > back to the command line? Or do I have to copy / paste > > manually? > > You can recall previous commands using control+P (and control+N) > or <up>/<down>, as well as using Vim navigation in the > command-line window as mentioned above. > > -tim
On Friday, April 27, 2012 2:48:06 PM UTC-4, Tim Chase wrote: > On 04/27/12 13:35, pixelterra wrote: > > "Suppose you typed a longer command and you noticed that you > > had made several mistakes, and wanted to do the correction in > > the vi editor itself. You can type 'v' to edit the command in > > the editor and not on the command line!" > > Are you sure you mean typing "v" to edit the command? Usually it > defaults to control+F on the command-line (assuming you haven't > changed the value for 'cedit', something I don't recommend > doing). This opens the command-line window. It should keep > 'history' entries around (defaulting to 20) > > :help cmdwin > :help 'history' > :help 'cedit' > > If you want to get to this window again, you can either press the > colon followed by control+F. Alternatively, you can use > > q: > > to open the window. Similar editing can be done on search > history with "q/" or pressing control+F in a "/" or "?" search > you've already started. > > To navigate, you can scroll back using normal Vi navigation > (searching, h/j/k/l, etc) > > > But after I edit the command in vim, how do I get that command > > back to the command line? Or do I have to copy / paste > > manually? > > You can recall previous commands using control+P (and control+N) > or <up>/<down>, as well as using Vim navigation in the > command-line window as mentioned above. > > -tim Tim, I mean I'm on the linux command line in set -o vi mode. You can do basic editing there, but anything more complex you can type 'v' and it will open the current command line text in $EDITOR. I'm wondering how to send the edited command back to the LINUX command line (not inside of vim) -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
