From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 02:22:46 2011 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 06E9F106564A for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:22:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E51C8FC13 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:22:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so3215753fxm.13 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:22:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/mEEmE3DGQm2+wqLcu02x4jga6/YJdFhZjLA9kxmpH4=; b=shhw0aK/BRW4DVvSv9sTWSV9RJTiLaVvvMnSLI7IW2sZ1B/K/6ufSjbKCGgN/CqFgs BqHORJSfJkAPZfco8QxzOQ81QuYQnc4eS7Vjj4PXIGiYx9uM/Akb0To5ALVy2nhGqV4y DKRgbPiv3Hq9N8Deix2dqGnRMk218Js1SG+Ls= 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=LCUKzv3ZtM7BrW1r//nJOH2hGNsSdZ4OSnfn6jUdNCTpXVRWmYAUg/fYGRPKEgz+zU 02QfZUh+r7mNqy5GCfcrrJ2gvDrOOFn7CNpt2r0B7RfmSgjARZsdX9vkmjYgzss46Ru5 9uaiu+1j42AGoAmrispHN3Rg+xVCduSLxIt6g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.86.193 with SMTP id t1mr2660588fal.147.1298341364655; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:22:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.4 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:22:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D63161E.9020405@blakemfg.com> References: <20110222013244.GA12065@thought.org> <4D63161E.9020405@blakemfg.com> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:22:44 -0500 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Fred Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: are there any GUI editors that use vi/vim-like abbreviations 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: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:22:46 -0000 On 21 February 2011 20:49, Fred 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 --