> > I don't want the editor to do whatever special screen buffer
> > swapping, or whatever it is, that prevents me from scrolling back in
> > my terminal history when the editor is open, and then clears away
> > the screen and redisplays what was there before after the editor is
> > closed.
>
> Thi
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>On 2008-11-04 06:28 +0100, Matt Miller wrote:
>
> Also, I don't want the editor to do whatever special screen buffer
> swapping, or whatever it is, that prevents me
Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On 2008-11-04 06:28 +0100, Matt Miller wrote:
>>> > Also, I don't want the editor to do whatever special screen buffer
>>> > swapping, or whatever it is, that prevents me from scrolling back in
>>> > my terminal history when the editor is open, and then c
On 2008-11-04 06:28 +0100, Matt Miller wrote:
>> > Also, I don't want the editor to do whatever special screen buffer
>> > swapping, or whatever it is, that prevents me from scrolling back in
>> > my terminal history when the editor is open, and then clears away
>> > the screen and redisplays what
> > From GNOME terminal, when I:
> >
> > vi x :set nu
> >
> > the line numbers are colored, and I want to get rid of that.
>
> you could change the default alternative setup to point to nvi
> instead.
Thanks, that got rid of the colorized line numbers.
> > Also, I don't want the editor to do what
On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 23:16 +0100, Matt Miller wrote:
> >From GNOME terminal, when I:
>
> vi x
> :set nu
>
> the line numbers are colored, and I want to get rid of that. Also, I
> don't want the editor to do whatever special screen buffer swapping, or
> whatever it is, that prevents me from scro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Vim really is Improved.
I agree. However, that can be a feature or a detriment, depending on
the situation. Don't expect vim features in all instances where you'd
expect vi to fill the bill. Bare metal commercial Unix comes to mind.
/bin/bash isn't
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Fox wrote:
> On 11/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I tried to use the equivs package to inform Etch that my
>> custom vim "provides vi", and link it to the
>> /etc/alternatives/v
Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While you are at it, consider using vim instead of vi unless you have a good
> reason not to do so.
this statement leads naturally into the next:
> Well, therein lies my lack of experience! I didn't even know there was a
> difference, vim is what I
On 11/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried to use the equivs package to inform Etch that my
> custom vim "provides vi", and link it to the
> /etc/alternatives/vi, but I got lost in the complexity of it.
I am not so sure that you need to go that far to get the same
functio
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.]
[use vim, not [n]vi]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>
> Well, therein lies my lack of experience! I didn't even know there
>was a difference, vim is what I "meant" to use but didn't know I wasn't,
>hence the apt-get
-Original Message-
From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:01 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: vi issue in etch
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have my keyboard setup as us and in the c
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have my keyboard setup as us and in the console every key works
> correctly. In vi though everything is messed up! The standard shortcuts
> don't work. While following a tutorial, after an apt-get of a series of
> apps I noticed it start working like it s
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 09:45:31PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Paul E Condon wrote:
> > 'vi' is not in this list, so I can't say what vim.tiny should do when
> > it is invoked via the update-alternatives symlink, vi, but I think it
> > is not doing something that its maintainers intend. Is this a bug
Paul E Condon wrote:
> 'vi' is not in this list, so I can't say what vim.tiny should do when
> it is invoked via the update-alternatives symlink, vi, but I think it
> is not doing something that its maintainers intend. Is this a bug? Or
> is it working in some mode that is useful, but only to those
On Monday 19 March 2007 22:22, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Now, I think I have never actually used vi. Instead, I have always been
> using versions of vim that were loaded when I typed 'vi'. My ignorance is
> revealed, but I learn, slowly.
The closest free piece of software you can get is, AFAIK, nvi (
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 05:02:09PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Paul E Condon wrote:
>
>
> > When I was using Sarge, and early upgrades to Etch, I had avoided
> > using vim because I never felt I had the time to learn about its
> > 'improved features'. Now, when I run vi, it behaves in a
Paul E Condon wrote:
> When I was using Sarge, and early upgrades to Etch, I had avoided
> using vim because I never felt I had the time to learn about its
> 'improved features'. Now, when I run vi, it behaves in a strange
> way that I dislike, and I can get back to what I thought was vi
> behavi
On 03/19/07 15:32, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I have done a new install of etch, and discovered a situation
> that I find problematic. I don't know vi or vim well enough to
> recognize which I am actually running by observing the behavior
> of the running program, so some of my description of the situa
You should know that Vim behaves differently when invoked as vi then
when invoked as vim. Therefore, you may want to use vim from now on.
or use elvis. i have come to like elvis quite a lot. the debian install
defaults to the elvis GUI, which i can take or leave, but i'm sure there
is a way
* David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-24 16:15]:
> In more recent versions of vi (vim), the insert/replace keyed
> functionality is no longer working as it was. The prompt "insert" or
> "replace" does not appear, one cannot go to the very end (after last
> character) of the line, and the direc
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 05:15:19PM +0300, David Baron wrote:
> In more recent versions of vi (vim), the insert/replace keyed
> functionality is no longer working as it was. The prompt "insert" or
> "replace" does not appear, one cannot go to the very end (after last
> character) of the line, and th
On 24/05/06, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In more recent versions of vi (vim), the insert/replace keyed functionality is
no longer working as it was. The prompt "insert" or "replace" does not
appear, one cannot go to the very end (after last character) of the line, and
the direction key
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 09:09:35PM -0800, Rob Blomquist wrote:
> Is there anyway to fix this problem? It drives me nuts. Basically the gui
> flashes occassionally and seems to miss commands I give it.
Could this be the visual bell? I have encountered this in sarge,
although it (the regular beep)
On Monday 06 February 2006 03:20 am, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> You've apparently got the gvim variant of vim installed, and it may be
> doing stupid things presuming it's got an X display active.
>
> Try:
>
>unset DISPLAY
>vi foo
>
> ... and see if that resolves the issue. If it doesn't, po
Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> I think vim is trying to change the title of the Konsole window to
> Vim.
Setting the title is done through escape codes, not X:
echo -e '\033]2;Hello, World!\a'
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http://www.chrishowie.com
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On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 01:20:04AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No
Karsten M. Self wrote:
> You've apparently got the gvim variant of vim installed, and it may be
> doing stupid things presuming it's got an X display active.
vim tries to connect X for access to the X clipboard.
:help x11-selection
--
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on Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 05:08:15PM -0600, Anthony Simonelli ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Hi there. I'm tried to get used to vi as an editor since it is found on
> nearly every Unix and Unix-like system and I've heard that those who are
> proficient at it are able to edit files faster than using
On Monday, 6 February 2006 04:58, Anthony Simonelli wrote:
> On Sunday 05 February 2006 08:50 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote:
> > On Monday, 6 February 2006 04:19, Shawn Lamson wrote:
> > > On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:08:15 -0600
> > >
> > > Anthony Simonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I'm running KD
On Sunday 05 February 2006 08:50 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote:
> On Monday, 6 February 2006 04:19, Shawn Lamson wrote:
> > On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:08:15 -0600
> >
> > Anthony Simonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm running KDE and use Konsole but everytime I invoke vi from Konsole,
> > > I get t
On Monday, 6 February 2006 04:19, Shawn Lamson wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:08:15 -0600
>
> Anthony Simonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm running KDE and use Konsole but everytime I invoke vi from Konsole, I
> > get the following:
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > X
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:08:15 -0600
Anthony Simonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running KDE and use Konsole but everytime I invoke vi from Konsole, I get
> the following:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
have you restarted X recently? If not,
From: Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:05:43PM -0500, Patrick
Albuquerque wrote:
> > From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:
Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:49
> > am Subject: vi globally append question
> >
> > > hi all,
> > >
> > > i have a file like;
> > >
> > > # one 123
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:05:43PM -0500, Patrick Albuquerque wrote:
> From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:49
> am Subject: vi globally append question
>
> > hi all,
> >
> > i have a file like;
> >
> > # one 123
> >
> > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning
From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:49 am
Subject: vi globally append question
> hi all,
>
> i have a file like;
>
> #
> one
> 123
>
> and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of
> each line which is not started with a # . how can i do
> it with vi or ed, so fa
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:25:52PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 07:45:26PM +0200, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:05:32AM -0400, David Turetsky wrote:
> > > > i have a file like;
> > > >
> > > > #
> > > > one
> > > > 123
> > > >
> > > > and i would li
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 07:45:26PM +0200, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:05:32AM -0400, David Turetsky wrote:
> > > i have a file like;
> > >
> > > #
> > > one
> > > 123
> > >
> > > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of
> > > each line which is not started with a
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:06:07PM -0400, David Turetsky wrote:
>
> David Turetsky wrote:
>
> >>:%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g
>
> > Try something like:
>
> > %g!/^#/s/^/#/
>
> > Steve Lamb replied:
>
> >Personally I'd do it this way:
> >%s/\(.*\)/#\1/g
>
> David responded:
>
> Steve's ap
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:05:32AM -0400, David Turetsky wrote:
> > i have a file like;
> >
> > #
> > one
> > 123
> >
> > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of
> > each line which is not started with a # . how can i do
> > it with vi or ed, so far, i 've tried;
> >
> > :%s/^[a-z]:[0
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:49:20 PDT, Sean writes:
>and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of
>each line which is not started with a # . how can i do
>it with vi or ed, so far, i 've tried;
>
>:%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g
>
>but this would CHANGE the first character of each line
>to a hash, pls help.
David Turetsky wrote:
> Steve's approach would put a # in the front of ALL
> lines whether or not they initially contain an existing
> # to begin with
Oh, uh, whoops. :) Well, at least he'd see the \(.*\) and \1 move the
text over and hopefully know to take the set he constructed, plac
David Turetsky wrote:
>>:%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g
> Try something like:
> %g!/^#/s/^/#/
> Steve Lamb replied:
>Personally I'd do it this way:
>%s/\(.*\)/#\1/g
David responded:
Steve's approach would put a # in the front of ALL
lines whether or not they initially contain an existi
David Turetsky wrote:
>>:%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g
> Try something like:
> %g!/^#/s/^/#/
Personally I'd do it this way:
%s/\(.*\)/#\1/g
I know there are more concise ways to do it but this at least shows why
the approach the OP took was not working.
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'
> -Original Message-
> From: Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:49 AM
> To: debian-user
> Subject: vi globally append question
>
> hi all,
>
> i have a file like;
>
> #
> one
> 123
>
> and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of
> each line which is
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:24:32AM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:
| On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 06:49:20AM -0700, Sean wrote:
| > hi all,
| >
| > i have a file like;
| >
| > # one 123
| >
| > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of each line
|
| 'append' means to add to the end. It is imposs
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 06:49:20AM -0700, Sean wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i have a file like;
>
> # one 123
>
> and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of each line
'append' means to add to the end. It is impossible to append to the
beginning of something.
> which is not started with a # . h
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 10:01, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On 12 Jul 2003 00:52:25 +1000
> Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 12:29, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > > On 11 Jul 2003 12:23:21 +1000
> > > Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > The easiest way to do this is t
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 20:10:34 -0500
Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Seriously, I find that the Emacs-style keybinds are nearly universal.
> Honestly, I've never once found myself wishing that I had a home key.
I rarely do. However I find that I can keep tabs on what is needed for
ho
At 2003-07-11T23:56:50Z, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ungh, now I know why I never got one of those. :/
Seriously, I find that the Emacs-style keybinds are nearly universal.
Honestly, I've never once found myself wishing that I had a home key.
Now, if only Konqueror wouldn't launch
On 12 Jul 2003 00:52:25 +1000
Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 12:29, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > On 11 Jul 2003 12:23:21 +1000
> > Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The easiest way to do this is to type:
> > > A [insert at the beginning of
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:08:28 -0500
Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's a picture of mine:
Ungh, now I know why I never got one of those. :/
--
Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the sw
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 12:29, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2003 12:23:21 +1000
> Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The easiest way to do this is to type:
> > A [insert at the beginning of the line]
> >
> > j [moves down one line]
> > . [re-does the last c
At 2003-07-11T02:29:10Z, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ungh. You're the second person to advocate the stupid home keys. That
> isn't easy. Point me to a keyboard made in the last 20 years without
> them. Hell, even my *PALM* keyboard has them!
Here's a picture of mine:
http://
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:42:35 -0400
Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :%s/^/text/
> is all you need.
Showing the regex was also covering the other base which is if the
entire line isn't needed, or repeating text in the line. IE *any regex can go
here*.
> You sure like to do things t
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 07:29:10PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2003 12:23:21 +1000
> Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The easiest way to do this is to type:
> > A [insert at the beginning of the line]
> >
> > j [moves down one line]
> > . [re-do
On 11 Jul 2003 12:23:21 +1000
Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The easiest way to do this is to type:
> A [insert at the beginning of the line]
>
> j [moves down one line]
> . [re-does the last command]
>
> This will work in both vi and vim.
Un
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:25, Jake Johnson wrote:
> I used to be able to use the arrow keys to move around with out any
> problems, but know when I move (with the arrow keys after pressing "i") to
> the beginning of the line I have to press I again. How do I change it so
> that I don't always have
Jake Johnson wrote:
Thanks Nicos,
This has been bugging me for a while now. I just installed vim and it
works perfectly.
Thanks again,
Jake Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks Nicos,
This has been bugging me for a while now. I just installed vim and it
works perfectly.
Thanks again,
Jake Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Friday 11 July 2003 01:25, Jake Johnson wrote:
> I used to be able to use the arrow keys to move around with out any
> problems, but know when I move (with the arrow keys after pressing "i") to
> the beginning of the line I have to press I again. How do I change it so
> that I don't always have
--- Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joris Huizer sez:
> } I hope someone can help on this problem I have:
> each
> } time I edit a file using VIM, " Vi IMproved 6.1
> (2002
> } Mar 24, compiled Apr 14 2002 20:41:29)" I get a
> } "temporary" copy of the original file.
> }
> } The nami
Joris Huizer sez:
} I hope someone can help on this problem I have: each
} time I edit a file using VIM, " Vi IMproved 6.1 (2002
} Mar 24, compiled Apr 14 2002 20:41:29)" I get a
} "temporary" copy of the original file.
}
} The naming is as follows: when I edit, say, trash.txt,
} the "temporary" c
Bob Proulx wrote:
Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 20:12:29 -0500]:
One day I installed 'vim'.
Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi'
What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor?
update-alternatives --config vi
Then select nvi as the alternative.
Nathan E Norman wrote:
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
One day I installed 'vim'.
Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi'
What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor?
Hrm. Post the output of 'update-alternatives --display vi' ide
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 03:20, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> Vim has a compatibility mode (vim -v) to more like the
> original vi...
That would be "vim -C". Though I never had the need to use this.
"vim -c" starts in vi-mode, not compatibility mode.
The difference is, that vi-mode is to be seen ve
Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 20:12:29 -0500]:
> One day I installed 'vim'.
> Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi'
> What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor?
update-alternatives --config vi
Then select nvi as the alternative. Or you could re
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
> One day I installed 'vim'.
>
> Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi'
>
> What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor?
nvi maybe? Vim has a compatibility mode (vim -v) to more like the
original vi...
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:12:29PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
> One day I installed 'vim'.
>
> Now I have nothing that is recognized as 'vi'
>
> What do I actually install in order to regain this tidy little editor?
Hrm. Post the output of 'update-alternatives --display vi' ideally
you'd see som
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:37:57PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
| on Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:25:57PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated:
| > The problem with using TERM=xterm on Solaris is that all you get is
| > bold and underlines for "highlighting" because programs will think
| > your terminal
on Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:25:57PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated:
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:28PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
>
> | really? i've been beating my head against this for a while now, and
> | have to date only managed to get dark-blue-and-pink syntax
> | highlighting on th
on Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:44:22AM -0600, Andy Wettstein insinuated:
> This works for me in .bashrc on solaris 8:
>
> if [ `uname` = "SunOS" ]; then
> export TERM=xtermc
> fi
exporting TERM to be xtermc doesn't seem to do anything here.
> i Compiled vim with ncurses5, not the sun curse
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:28PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
| really? i've been beating my head against this for a while now, and
| have to date only managed to get dark-blue-and-pink syntax
| highlighting on the Suns i work on ... exporting TERM=dtterm doesn't
| seem to do much, either. do
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:58:28PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:15:20PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated:
> > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:05:38AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> > | since Solaris never seems to understand my remote terminal well
> > | enough to allow sy
on Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:15:20PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:05:38AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> | since Solaris never seems to understand my remote terminal well
> | enough to allow syntax highlighting. Does anyone know how to fix
> | that? :)
>
> export
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 05:26:43PM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> I can't really comment on emacs other than the fact that when I have
> large chunk of time open, I'll try to learn it. I forced myself to
> learn vim when I first started using Linux by using it to write mail.
> Emacs is a little hef
* Rob VanFleet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021115 23:26]:
> > moreover, i have spell, ispell and aspell installed. is there a way i
> > can use them while in vi?
>
> If the file has been saved, just run
>
> :!ispell %
>
> I think there is a way to spell check an unsaved file, but I can't
> recall it a
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:17:28 +1100, you wrote:
> "remove .sig from messages I am replying to
>au BufRead /tmp/mutt* normal :g/^| -- $/,/^$/-1dgg
> I got that line about
>removing the .sig from someone on here, but it doesn't actually seem to
>work...
I'm not sure but it looks like you're l
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
Try vim: VI iMproved. It has all sorts of nifty extras.
> one is managing words towards end of li
-- Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(on Saturday, 16 November 2002, 01:12 PM -0500):
> This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> > i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> > 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
> >
> > one is managing words t
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 05:03:34PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> I've used vi for at least 14 years now, I switched to emacs for
> "heavy" editing about 10 years ago. But you *must* know vi if you ever
> want to be real Unix user. Learn it. You will be rewarded. That is the
> only reason I don't u
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:59:17PM -0800, nate wrote:
| You can test this by typing several lines, then going back to
| command mode () and scroll up and down the file, it will
| scroll one line at a time, if it jumps 2-3 lines at once, that is
| just 1 really long line.
Actually, if you use a ma
"Osamu" == Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Osamu> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh
Osamu> wrote:
>>
>> one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards
>> the end of the line, it juts cuts the word. it neither
>> hyphanate
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:05:38AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
| On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:30:09PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
| > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:24:27AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
| > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
| > no. someone asked me t
This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> hello all
>
> i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
>
> one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end
> of the line, it juts cuts the word. i
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:30:09PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:24:27AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> > > hello all
> > >
> > > one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the e
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:24:27AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> > hello all
> >
> > one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end
> > of the line, it juts cuts the word. it neither hyphanates nor pushes
>
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:24:27AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> :map! longhash 60i#o
>
> The above creates a macro that prints 60 "#" characters when you type
> the word 'longhash'. The is Control-v,Esc to simulate going into
Actually, 'simulate' was a poor choice of word on my part. It *d
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
>
> one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end
> of the line, it juts cu
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:59:17PM -0800, nate wrote:
> Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> > hello all
> >
> > i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> > 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
> >
> > one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end of
Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> hello all
>
> i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
>
> one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end of
> the line, it juts cuts the word. it neither hyphanates nor pushes
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 12:18:11PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> i have recently started using vi and i like it for its simplicity -
> 'clean-ness'. somethings are missing though.
>
> one is managing words towards end of line. as i type, towards the end
> of the line, it juts cu
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 06:45:56PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
[snip,snip,snip]
> Perhaps someone will suggest a package that cleans /tmp and /var/tmp
> in Debian?
yes (for /tmp): tmpreaper
Note that /var/tmp is meant to be more permanent (or less temporary,
depending on how you look at it) than
Richard Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-12 14:50:52 -0700]:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 09:51:19AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > You can list files that are available for recover with 'vi -r'. At
> > boot time or perhaps by cron this is being mailed to users.
>
> I tried this, and it didn't list
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 09:51:19AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> You can list files that are available for recover with 'vi -r'. At
> boot time or perhaps by cron this is being mailed to users.
I tried this, and it didn't list any files.
Thanks for suggesting RTFM, but I had done that and wrote th
> >saved for recovery. You can recover most, if not all, of the
> >changes to this file using the -r option to vi:
> >
> > vi -r /tmp/vi.7faEP4
Richard Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-11 21:23:12 -0700]:
> For almost a year a person with an account on my machine has been
> getting email fro
Louie,
Try :50,100s/Jan 2/Jan 1/g
Steve
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 04:08:05AM +0800, louie miranda wrote:
> How to replace a certain line on vi,
>
> ex:
>
> line 1 up to line 100
>
> i want to replace only line 50 to 100
> how will i do that in vi?
>
> i did do,
>
> :%s:50,100/Jan 2/Jan 1/
ah, its ok i've done it.. thnx :)
louie miranda (axis0.ath.cx)
--
Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps
chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :)
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Tom Allison wrote:
> Thanks!
> I never knew that.
>
> Where the heck do you find out about all this weird stuff?
man -k is your friend.
Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> type as root:
>
> update-alternatives --config editor
>
> man update-alternatives will tell you a lot of the history.
Speaking of which, can anyone tell me if it is a reportable bug if a
package doesn't support the update-alternatives mechanism on in
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