From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 15 05:21:18 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 46B761065670 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:21:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f206.google.com (mail-fx0-f206.google.com [209.85.220.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94AB8FC0A for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so30172fxm.43 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:21:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=l1/vxZsm6LIrQv5snXq+BQNoeLQhMkBPS9X4gnI2s8M=; b=MTE2mYMyBwl6M18Elw9I+lQ0qcY2kyNLVS3FZJRZEfNuyiaT2CAivBIHzhbeE3RlPi /m7p4b7b1FPYuJ6k4/26qUPuomwOOgSmn0o/7fCNWNDE0270ESCgZwVVJr3NaiM2zj7a a1K4eSWUR4XkDqLfYpODSNpWtT+dt7FgrhWKc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gPecYbwOCFT7kZb7XeJogyZHfvVGHFcmf1obN4T2wN3fXeoOMoX2L5Q9Sa7x0zBMKp 268/g+d96xOOMRjBkwf+AfbNu2O4n/lQsZaDHPwKdkTETSsJgbPPXZFnwPRl2l2xRVel PbCBCQbHBJ3zL6c9vNatWJup8XF23R4H7+Ks0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.51.210 with SMTP id e18mr6669756bkg.38.1245043276803; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:21:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090615035101.GA33585@thought.org> References: <20090615024643.GA33420@thought.org> <4ad871310906142000x6515bdau8020dafce579745e@mail.gmail.com> <20090615031831.GA33450@thought.org> <4ad871310906142024i70597c40udad1dab11197cc4b@mail.gmail.com> <20090615035101.GA33585@thought.org> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:21:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310906142221y39ee173dg92295799ba0539f2@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Gary Kline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 05:21:18 -0000 On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:24:29PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Gary Kline wrote: >> > >> > hi glenn, >> >> One 'n'. :) >> > > gotcha! and see, this is a case of my occasionally typing > 1 > key. in vim, typing 'uu' can cause a truckload of code or whatever to > vanish. ... > Agreed. :) >> > > [ ... ] >> > use mutt is that my fingers know vi. unfortunately, there're too >> >> I use mutt because "it sucks less", quoting the author. > > > be nice if there were a quasi-gui version of mutt.... > > Interesting idea.... >> >> > 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. >> > >> >> Hmm.... Well, for what it's worth, I didn't even know *vi* had an >> 'undo' option. I thought that was what 'q!' was for. :) >> > > that's almost funny; i have had to use "q!" all to often if i > forget and use vim. it does indeed have some nice features. > but if you have to reply using a gui mailer and your typing isn't > flawlwss, it's keyboard <-> mouse. > I've found that 'q!' is now muscle-memory to me. When I'm actually in front of a GUI, the Gmail/Firefox spellcheck tends to find most of my typographical mistakes, though unfortunately, not my logic mistakes. :) -- Glen Barber