As someone who uses VO everyday for everything from journals, to to-do lists, to outlining, I prefer (or am used to) the double comma leaders. I was not aware that Debian changed it to //. (I *would* like to point out that ,, is not equally easy on every keyboard layout. I use Dvorak where ,, is upper-left rather than lower-right, but it is still easier to find than //.) I would appreciate a Devuan VimOutliner package. Thanks.
-peter 09.01.2018, 09:52, "Steve Litt" <sl...@troubleshooters.com>: > Hi all, > > BACKSTORY... > > I'm the *originator* of VimOutliner, an outline processor that uses the > Vim engine. VimOutliner's top priority was authoring speed. That > priority drove most VimOutliner keyboard commands to begin with a > double comma (,,), which is both extremely easy to hit from typing home > position, and very unlikely to happen within written text. I published > VimOutliner 0.13 June 1 2001. > > Several other people used it, liked it, and improved it far beyond my > capabilities. Several Linux distros acquired VimOutliner packages. > Unfortunately, the Debian VimOutliner package manager insisted on using > double backslash (//) instead of double comma (,,) as the first two > characters of commands. The double backslash is slower, and more > important, it's a key that appears in different places on different > keyboards. Use of the double backslash represents a degradation of > VimOutliner's top priority: Authoring speed. > > I'm thinking of making the Devuan VimOutliner package use double comma. > I'd take the Debian package and replace all appropriate double > backslashes with double commas. > > Please understand, there is no SystemD dependency in the current Debian > VimOutliner package. It doesn't in any way violate any Devuan policy. > It simply uses the wrong string for the purposes of outlining. > > As mentioned, I'm the originator of VimOutliner, and as such I set the > priorities, and the top priority has consistently been authoring speed. > I can either modify the "standard" VimOutliner for my own use, or I can > make a new, double comma equipped package for Devuan. Anyone have an > opinion on this? > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > December 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng