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[REBOL] Re: GVIM Editor

From: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 12-Mar-2002 20:45

Tim, At 08:47 AM 3/12/2002 -0900, you wrote:
> No string of esoteric characters is necessary! Dr. Turk needs simply to > be in insert mode, given the caveats provided from earlier emails, he > should then be informed of the implications of settings "inherited" > from his vimrc file.
Thanks for the respect, but Louis is fine. I'm no Dr. of programming, but just a struggling amateur. In this field you are the Dr. You are the pro. I'm confused about insert mode. If I type i to enter insert mode, then type "+p it just types in those three characters, as I would assume it should. What am I missing here? Also, could the vimrc file be causing my paste problem? If so, what do I look for to correct it?
> > from Windows, in which case there are quite a few more sensible editors > > on cnet IIRC. > > Sensible? See comments on trade-offs: > > > But I'd recommend using emacs anyway, as there's a rebol mode for emacs > > and emacs is much, much better than vi or vim! (/me pulls the asbestos > > overalls out of the box labeled "For use in Holy War situations only") > > Regardless of whether one uses vim or xemacs, it is a hard start. The > trade-off is in productivity. The learning curve can be steep with either. > The parallel is to rebol itself. It took time for me to learn rebol, but > the increased productivity was worthwhile. Gotta consider the trade-off.
Yes, this increased productivity is what I'm hoping for.
> The vim "community" offers a huge amount of resources for the user, > as does emacs. If Dr. Turk wants to use vim, it is recommended that > he subscribe to the vim mailing list, and I (and perhaps others here) would > be happy to help him out offlist. > (Note: I have "hacked" the rebol/vim syntax files a bit also, last I heard > Holger has using that.) Also have some shortcut stubs for rebol).
May I please get a copy?
> BTW: If Chris really wants to get into a Holy War, he could more likely > find one between the Emacs and Xemacs crowd. > > Us vimmers are still trying to figure out things like :g/g^$/d > But then there are pull-downs :-) > > MTCW > >-- >Tim Johnson <[tim--johnsons-web--com]> > http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com > http://www.johnsons-web.com >--
Except for the paste problem, there is only one thing about vim I have found so far that I don't like: when long lines are wrapped vim skips the wrapped part of the line completely when pressing j or k, and goes to the next line. Is it possible to change this? Thanks, Louis