[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