> i get no syntax hilighting at all (the 'file ends here, so
> we'll show a tilde from here own down' is blue but that's all
> that's colored).
from the docs (place in .vimrc):
""" Colour support and syntax highlighting """
" Some systems have a terminfo entry f
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, will trillich wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 10:00:15AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> > If you want vim to be really useful you need the vim-rt package as well.
> > I suspect that tips the balance.
>
> okay, so i
> # apt-get install vim vim-rt
> and vi still points to
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 11:56:16PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 10:00:15AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> > If you want vim to be really useful you need the vim-rt package as well.
> > I suspect that tips the balance.
>
> okay, so i
> # apt-get install vim vim-rt
> and
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 10:00:15AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> If you want vim to be really useful you need the vim-rt package as well.
> I suspect that tips the balance.
okay, so i
# apt-get install vim vim-rt
and vi still points to elvis, so i
# update-alternatives --install `wh
> what's this dependency thing listed for vim-rt? seems odd:
>
> recommended:
> vim
> suggested:
> exuberant-ctags
> or elvis
>
> eh? elvis?
>
vim-rt is basically all the vim support files. vim supports ctags, but it
doesn't include its own tags file generator. thus you need e
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 10:00:15AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 23:56, will trillich wrote:
> > according to packages.debian.org/vim:
> >
> > stable18% vim 5.6.070-1 (309.4k)
> > Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
> >
> > according to packages.debian.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 23:56, will trillich wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 12:51:24PM -0500, Jeff Howie wrote:
> > I cut my teeth on vim (4.x or so). and haven't looked back.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:59:06AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> > > emacs fans, please turn the other cheek--
>
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:44:26PM +0200, Paul Seelig wrote:
> RefTeX is besides AUCTeX the second best reason to use any kind of
> Emacsen for one's LaTeX editing. The first best reason for it is
> AUCTeX... ;-)
>
> I've learned LaTeX a few years ago with vim actually but after having
> become
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:16:48AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> >
> > Is there anything like reftex for vim?
>
> i haven't the faintest idea. not much of a tex person, here.
I do a lot of LaTeX in Vim. What's reftex?
Mike
--
Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"...the word HACK is
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:25:53AM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I still use nvi on occasion 'cause it will show me ^M's in a file and
> >it's easier to `nvi file` than to look up how to get vim to do it. ;->
>
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 10:10:35AM +0200, Andre Berger wrote:
> will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > emacs fans, please turn the other cheek--
> >
> > how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
> > which does better syntax highlighting? which makes your teeth
> > whiter?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I still use nvi on occasion 'cause it will show me ^M's in a file and
>it's easier to `nvi file` than to look up how to get vim to do it. ;->
vim -b file (binary mode). Also handy to edit binaries to change
hardcoded string
will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> emacs fans, please turn the other cheek--
>
> how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
> which does better syntax highlighting? which makes your teeth
> whiter?
Is there anything like reftex for vim?
-- Andre
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 12:51:24PM -0500, Jeff Howie wrote:
> I cut my teeth on vim (4.x or so). and haven't looked back.
>
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:59:06AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> > emacs fans, please turn the other cheek--
> > how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
>
Subject: Re: Vim vs Elvis -- was "Mutt's Editor"
Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:50:54PM -0500
In reply to:will trillich
Quoting will trillich([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Bud Rogers wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, will trillich wrote:
> >
Will
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 04:32:26PM +0900, YoonSuk Cho<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you want vim in mutt add the one line in ~$HOME/.muttrc.
>
> set editor="/usr/bin/vim" like this.
>
> good luck...!!
You can also have vim use special settings while editing mail via
# Use vim as my c
will trillich wrote:
>
> Bud Rogers wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, will trillich wrote:
> >
> > > how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
> > > which does better syntax highlighting?
> >
> > I don't know about relative resource use, but vim's syntax highlighting is
> > the b
Bud Rogers wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, will trillich wrote:
>
> > how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
> > which does better syntax highlighting?
>
> I don't know about relative resource use, but vim's syntax highlighting is
> the best I've seen. Ever. Anywhere.
i'm p
I cut my teeth on vim (4.x or so). and haven't looked back.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:59:06AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> emacs fans, please turn the other cheek--
> how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
Not sure about that, but I would assume that vi(elvis) would be on
the
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, will trillich wrote:
> how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
> which does better syntax highlighting?
I don't know about relative resource use, but vim's syntax highlighting is
the best I've seen. Ever. Anywhere.
--
Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:59, will trillich wrote:
> emacs fans, please turn the other cheek--
>
> how does vim compare to elvis? which is the resource hog?
> which does better syntax highlighting? which makes your teeth
> whiter?
FWIW, I was an early (early 90's) user of elvis. I switched to v
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:15:45PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote:
> Quoth Nate Bargmann,
> > In ~./mutt/muttrc check this line:
> >
> > set editor=/usr/bin/vim
>
> You may also want to include the contents of
> /usr/share/doc/vim/examples/mail in your ·/.vimrc - it does cool things
> like colour sig
|> How come _I_ don't have that file? What, are you special or
|> something? What version of vim are you using? Mine's 5.5.
Maybe it's because (like me until recently) you didn't realize that
vim actually comes in two packages---vim itself and vim-rt. The second
package contains the run time f
* Jeff Howie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> How come _I_ don't have that file? What, are you special or something?
> ;^>
> What version of vim are you using? Mine's 5.5.
>
Hi Jeff, try looking in /usr/share/vim/vim*/syntax/mail.vim it should be
there if you have the runtime package installed, i'm n
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Jeff Howie wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:15:45PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote:
> > Quoth Nate Bargmann,
> > > In ~./mutt/muttrc check this line:
> > > set editor=/usr/bin/vim
> >
> > You may also want to include the contents of
> > /usr/share/doc/vim/examples/mail in your
Quoth Jeff Howie,
> (...pouting...)
> How come _I_ don't have that file? What, are you special or something?
> ;^>
> What version of vim are you using? Mine's 5.5.
+++-==-==-
ii vim-rt 5.6.070-1 Vi IMproved - runtim
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:15:45PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote:
> Quoth Nate Bargmann,
> > In ~./mutt/muttrc check this line:
> > set editor=/usr/bin/vim
>
> You may also want to include the contents of
> /usr/share/doc/vim/examples/mail in your ·/.vimrc - it does cool things
> like colour signatur
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 09:21:53PM -0400, Joel Dinel wrote:
> I'd want to use VIM as my primary text editor in Mutt. What line do I need to
> add to my ~/.vimrc ?
>
> Thanks !
>
If you want vim in mutt add the one line in ~$HOME/.muttrc.
set editor="/usr/bin/vim" like this.
good luck...!!
Quoth Nate Bargmann,
> In ~./mutt/muttrc check this line:
>
> set editor=/usr/bin/vim
You may also want to include the contents of
/usr/share/doc/vim/examples/mail in your ·/.vimrc - it does cool things
like colour signatures and quoted mail (different colours for different
levels of quotes), an
te Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Joel Dinel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian Users
Subject: Re: Mutt's Editor
User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i
X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.15 i586 unknown
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 09:21:53PM -0400, Joel Dinel wrote:
> I'd want to use VIM as my primary
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 09:21:53PM -0400, Joel Dinel wrote:
> I'd want to use VIM as my primary text editor in Mutt. What line do I need to
> add to my ~/.vimrc ?
>
> Thanks !
Hi Joel.
In ~./mutt/muttrc check this line:
set editor=/usr/bin/vim
That's all I had to do.
HTH,
- Nate >>
--
W
I'd want to use VIM as my primary text editor in Mutt. What line do I need to
add to my ~/.vimrc ?
Thanks !
--
Joel Dinel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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