From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 15 03:18:37 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 01C2F106566C for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:18:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B11748FC0A for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:18:36 +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 n5F3IWr6005462; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:18:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:18:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:18:32 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Glen Barber Message-ID: <20090615031831.GA33450@thought.org> References: <20090615024643.GA33420@thought.org> <4ad871310906142000x6515bdau8020dafce579745e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4ad871310906142000x6515bdau8020dafce579745e@mail.gmail.com> 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=-4.3 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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 03:18:37 -0000 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 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