Re: BOF Vim 8 - Suggestions
A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
IMHO it is important that function keys (with the exception of F1 = :help)
should by default _not_ have preset functions in Vim, in order that they
be safely available for whatever mappings any user would want to assign to
them, without competing with existing functions. There aren't so many keys
that users can safely use as the {lhs} of a mapping with no fear that it
will collide with an existing function.
For the record, I don't want function keys to be mapped by default. I am
suggesting that there should be a really simple (preferably built-in) way to
invoke a sample set of mappings for a C programmer.
For example, I could then send someone an email telling them to download
Vim and enter command :set template=cprogram (or whatever). I could
then advise the new user (a C programmer, not a dummy) that they can do
(whatever) to grep stuff, and (whatever) to use ctags. You would then have
one more converted Vim user!
As a final comment, I would recommend that any such template should
include mappings:
- Clear search highlights and the message line.
- Search for highlighted text.
John
Re: BOF Vim 8 - Suggestions
Hi group, I would like to be able to specify that the fragment of text in a folded line be colored as it would normally appear (i.e. in it's unfolded state). This would make folding much more useful to me. This would facilitate reading the contents of a properly folded file at a glance, and permit demure colors for the rest of the fold to keep it out of the way. Beyond that I would like to be able to have be able to specify the length of the text fragment. Beyond that I would like to see the format of the folded line exposed in a fashion similar to the status line. Mark.
Re: [BUG] Conversion error on write when 'autowriteall' is set causes infinite recursion
Nikolai Weibull wrote: Test case: vim -c 'e ++enc=latin1 a.test | exec normal! i\C-Vu2026 | set autowriteall | q' And make sure 'encoding' is utf-8. Yes, I can reproduce it. One more item for the todo list... -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 39. You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ ///sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org/// \\\help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org///
Re: BOF Vim 8 - EncryptLine
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:15:36PM +1100, John Beckett wrote: Suggested new feature: Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line. Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you want to see a secret. I don't think this should be a general vim feature either. Yet another idea to solve this: Why not use syntax and set forgground/background color to the same value to hide the text? Then you don't even notice that there is text. eg hidden Password:$ - end of line revealed Password: my secret pwd $ - end of line you can use regexp to match secrets this way. Marc
Re: BOF Vim 8 - Suggestions
On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 10:55:44PM +0100, Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 1/21/07, Marc Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My comments on nohl: nnoremap esc :nohl bar echo cr should clear message line and remove highlighting nnoremap Esc Esc:silent! nohighlightCR Whenever I put any of these 2 commands in my .vimrc, vim beeps on startup, and when I press 'k' it deletes the current and above line. -- Martin
Re: BOF Vim 8 - Suggestions
On 1/21/07, Nikolai Weibull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/21/07, Marc Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My comments on nohl: nnoremap esc :nohl bar echo cr should clear message line and remove highlighting nnoremap Esc Esc:silent! nohighlightCR Hm, sorry, my bad, the 'echo CR' is what one wants. nikolai
Re: BOF Vim 8 - EncryptLine
Marc Weber wrote: Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line. Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you want to see a secret. I don't think this should be a general vim feature either. Yet another idea to solve this: Why not use syntax and set forgground/background color to the same value to hide the text? Then you don't even notice that there is text. OK - I'm convinced that EncryptLine is not wanted! However, I want the secret to really be encrypted because I use a system to copy my data files from machine to machine for backups. The encryption is to protect the secret if someone somehow gets access to the file. John
Re: BOF Vim 8 - EncryptLine
John Beckett wrote: Marc Weber wrote: Make an easy way to encrypt a secret within a line. Then you can have a simple text file to document stuff, with embedded secrets. On reading, you only need to enter a key if you want to see a secret. I don't think this should be a general vim feature either. Yet another idea to solve this: Why not use syntax and set forgground/background color to the same value to hide the text? Then you don't even notice that there is text. OK - I'm convinced that EncryptLine is not wanted! However, I want the secret to really be encrypted because I use a system to copy my data files from machine to machine for backups. The encryption is to protect the secret if someone somehow gets access to the file. John What is wrong with SCP/SFTP? If these are not available, externally encrypt the file. You can even make a vim macro to do the job IIRC. Text editors don't do encryption and never should. -Robert
