From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 15 21:22:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54DE6106567A for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:22:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54918FC20 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:22:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5FLMmNx015314; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:48 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Mel Flynn Message-ID: <20090615212247.GG37102@thought.org> References: <20090615024643.GA33420@thought.org> <87fxe179ym.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20090615204554.GC37102@thought.org> <200906151314.45257.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200906151314.45257.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vim question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:22:57 -0000 On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:14:44PM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Monday 15 June 2009 12:45:54 Gary Kline wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 07:12:01PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > > In vim, with "set compatible" enabled", typing 'u' repeatedly toggles > > > between the last two states of the buffer. In "compatible" mode I am > > > not sure of how to undo multiple changes. In "set nocompatible" mode, > > > typing 'u' repeatedly undoes multiple changes, and typing '^R' multiple > > > times redoes them. > > > > I've saved this to my vimHelp file. > > Really, when using new software it's not a bad thing to get familiar with it. > This is covered in lesson 2.7 from the vim tutorial, accessible by typing > vimtutor in a terminal near you. > > Running vim in compatible mode, you might as well run vi as it has roughly the > same quirks. You won't get the "Improved" part, when you don't investigate > what the software is capable of. The vimtutor is excellent for this and you > may still decide that your fingers are too old to get used to the improved > stuff, like I'm incapable of learning emacs. i first used vim in the mid 90's -- guessing, but your point is well taken. gary PS: if gvim ever evolves into a word-processor, life will be *perfect* ;-) > -- > Mel -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php