Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:22:32 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: David Scheidt <rufus@brain.mics.net> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20011002222232.B28111@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.20.0110021606080.7990-100000@brain.mics.net>; from rufus@brain.mics.net on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:13:46PM -0400 References: <20011002213051.A28111@lpt.ens.fr> <Pine.BSI.4.20.0110021606080.7990-100000@brain.mics.net>
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David Scheidt said on Oct 2, 2001 at 16:13:46: > > 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 > > Bull feathers! That's entirely unlike real vi. That's u undoes, and u > again redoes the changes. Sorry, you're right. I somehow had the other impression, with my earlier use of ibm and irix machines; but I checked on hp-ux and dec unix just now and it matches with what you say. > > 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. > > > > I'm not convinced this needs to be part of the editor. Checkout par > (ports/textproc/par), I think it does everything vim does. Well, I want it to be part of the editor. I use the editor more for normal text than for programming. > > For programs, I like its syntax highlighting. I don't know whether > > nvi has that. > > I hope not... Well, you're obviously not an emacs user, anyway :) R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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