Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:51:30 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ViM vs. Emacs Message-ID: <20000420165130.A72664@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000420093706.7633D-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@enteract.com on Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 09:38:32AM -0500 References: <20000420175141.B5893@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000420093706.7633D-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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On Thu 2000-04-20 (09:38), David Scheidt wrote: > > Some things like multiple-level undo/redo work differently. > > I like vim's way of doing that better. Depends what you're > > used to, I suppose. But on vim, you can recover your unmodified > > document by pressing u again and again: on nvi I think the ability > > to recover past changes is more limited. > > :e! > > u should toggle changes. If you want multiple level undo, do it right, not > by overloading basic functionality. :set compatible or :set cpoption+=u Lack of multi-level undo is terrible, though. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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