Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:22:44 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations Message-ID: <AANLkTimzfNXjC8W%2B9nVf9THRxmrVLNA9d=%2Bw7DZhyqRW@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D63161E.9020405@blakemfg.com> References: <20110222013244.GA12065@thought.org> <4D63161E.9020405@blakemfg.com>
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On 21 February 2011 20:49, Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> wrote: > On 02/21/11 18:32, Gary Kline wrote: >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0iF we throw out "gvim" since it is simply the GUI variant= of >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds o= f :ab >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0abbreviations that vi does? =A0I ask this because I don't= know >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0wmany many people with speech imopairments or who cannot = speak >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0at all would be interested in using my version of vi/vim = with >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0it's .ex/.nex/.vimrc and my hundred+ abbreviations. >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0The IM app, pidgin is not an editor, but it does let user= use >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the mouse and/or arrow keys. =A0pidgin also uses abbrvs. = =A0BEcause >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i type so slowly, i have my pidgin set up to use a slew o= f >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0abbrev. =A0[Well, not the obv's, like 'FWIW' :-) ... but = other >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0words. >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I would be interested in knowing how many list members _d= on't_ >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0know vi and use another editor. =A0just curious.... >> As little as I like linking to the "en"cyclopaedia that even a paranoid hydrocephalic with (Gilles de la) Tourette syndrome can edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors#Key_bindings > =A0Vi > is insane. Indeed. http://www.rants.org/ed.html --=20 --
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