At 12:55 -0400 28/07/2011, Tim Gray wrote:
Of course, the whole thing about a modal editor like Vim is that you
don't have to do all kinds of crazy key combos like
command-control-key to run your command.
But you do need to change mode, which requires some action on your
part other than simple thought-transference.
I'm sure you could write a ton of applescripts to semi simulate the
'in' and 'around' motions that act on logical text units, but the
long and short of it is that if it's not a modal editor, you can't
string simple single letter commands together like you can in a
modal editor.
First of all it is not necessary to have a 'ton' of AppleScript
scripts but only one and that might begin like this:
set _dlog to display dialog "Type your command" default answer ""
set _command to text returned of _dlog
and be activated by a simple non-crazy keystroke equivalent to
whatever you do to change mode in vi.
It would then act on _command to perform the required actions using
either AppleScript or Perl. In addition to all your finger-memory
commands you would be able to add whatever extra magic you wanted.
The proportion of AppleScript proper in the script would be minimal.
_command can be passed to a Perl or Python etc. routine or whatever
is most suitable. I can understand anyone who is averse to learning
AppleScript but the fact is that Apple events serve as a very useful
conduit and people who ignore them are missing much of the power of
the Mac, which is not simply UNIX with a pretty face.
JD
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