Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:30:51 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20011002213051.A28111@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20011002195955.C148@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 07:59:56PM %2B0100 References: <20010927141333.A44288@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <p05100334b7d8e6544d17@[194.78.144.27]> <20011002133112.B98079@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20011002135226.A33832@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <20011002142257.C98079@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <dxitdxlx44.tdx@localhost.localdomain> <20011002204238.B22031@lpt.ens.fr> <20011002195955.C148@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick said on Oct 2, 2001 at 19:59:56: > Interesting. I know one guy who uses nvi just because of the license. > I must admit I like the multiple buffer and screen support. I never > could get vim to do that in regular console mode. Why do you detest it? Oh, probably because I was used to vim, I admit... That apart, I found vim's "multiple undo" scheme much more sensible than nvi's. (u for undo, repeatedly if desired, ^R for redo. Also more compatible with "traditional vi" where u is always undo, but once only.) But my big plus for vim is its paragraph-level operations, eg gqap for formatting a paragraph. Not a big deal with programs, but a huge help with text and emails, and even handles quoted email correctly and is great at unmangling Outlook-generated mail. I don't think nvi has that; traditional vi doesn't. For programs, I like its syntax highlighting. I don't know whether nvi has that. And I think vim does handle multiple buffers in console mode. I haven't investigated it, when doing "serious" work I'm always running X and I just find it easier to open two xterms... R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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