Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:18:32 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vim question... Message-ID: <20090615031831.GA33450@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310906142000x6515bdau8020dafce579745e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090615024643.GA33420@thought.org> <4ad871310906142000x6515bdau8020dafce579745e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:00:59PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi, Gary > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Gary Kline<kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > > > > the main reason i don't use vim is because of its [u]ndo > > command. as most of you can understand, there are a whole slew > > of times when i need to undo something. too often in vim, > > hitting 'u' --- sometimes > once accidentally --- has resulted in > > a small disaster. [[i have too many current/recent copies of > > my working files to do TOO much damage!]] Anyway, is there a > > means of setting the undo key to mimic vi/nvi? > > > > thanks, > > > > gary > > > > > > > > I don't know what the keybindings for [u]ndo in Vim versus Vi/Nvi are, > but there was a recent thread about Vi keybindings for .vimrc. > > Perhaps that'll provide some insight. > > Cheers. > > -- > Glen Barber hi glenn, yeah, i read the recent posts about the key binding and vim; that's what brought my question to the fore. i did read on the evolution list that a gvim plugin may happen. the main reason i use mutt is that my fingers know vi. unfortunately, there're too many things in email now that require a gui reader. be nice to be able to read in evo and if i had to reply, use gvim. gary -- 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
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