On Jun 7, 2014 2:21 PM, "James Freer" <jessejazza3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Jun 2014, BPJ wrote: > >> 2014-06-07 10:39, James Freer skrev: >>> >>> I am trying out gvim and vim for use as a prose editor for writing >>> - rather than programmer coding. >>> >>> Whilst doing pgup and pgdn one gets ~ and @ on the screen and I >>> was wondering if it was possible to remove them. >> >> >> Not criticism, just bemused: why would those be (more) annoying >> when editing prose than when editing code? I can see if a line >> continues beyond the right edge of the window, and distinguish >> between end-of-file and a possible multitude of blank lines, >> which I find equally meaningful with both kinds of editing. Sure >> it's not what one may be used to from one's run-of-the-mill GUI >> editor, but then almost nothing in Vim is! >> >> /bpj > > > I can only say for editing prose as that is what I do using Set Linebreak to wrap lines. I find them irritating that's all... but the first reply suggestion solved that so I'm grateful. I'm not as IT knowledgeable as some so asked. > > > "it's not what one may be used to from one's run-of-the-mill GUI editor, but then almost nothing in Vim is!" > > hmmm - not a dig at Vim was it! Both Vim and Emacs are the best editors but require a little customisation for one's tastes... is how I'd put it. I like the choice between console and gui as I use Alpine for email (which I really like) and gui for editing text.
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