Greg Shenaut <[email protected]> squaked out on Thu 28-Jul-2011 10:31 > On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:13 AM, John Delacour wrote: > >> At 10:33 -0400 28/07/2011, Tim Gray wrote: >> >> >> What do these motions achieve? Something that cannot be achieved with >> scripts/keystrokes in BBEdit. I doubt it, but am always ready to be >> enlightened. > > I think it's just that there are some extremely compact, useful sequences > that become automatic for vi users. Things like “xp”, “5xwep”, “d3w”, “dL", > and so on.
Well, if you learn the hated emacs keys, OS X supports those in all sorts of places. I use ^t all the time (xp in vimspeak). Here are the ones that are built-in to OS X, though BBEdit may support more: ^A move to the beginning of the paragraph ^B move backward ^D delete forward ^E move to the end of the paragraph ^F move forward ^H delete backward ^K delete to the end of the paragraph ^L center the selection in the text area ^N move down ^O split the current line ^P move up ^T transpose letters ^V move one page down ^Y yank back ‘killed’ text It won’t replace your vim muscle memory, but ^a and ^e and ^t and ^k and ^y are really quite useful, and you will find you can use them all over the place, so they are worth learning. -- The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
