OK, I'll hold my horses, waiting for updates on this thread.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Starting a new thread
>>
>>>> in vim :r<return> pastes a copy of the current file at the cursor
>>
>>>I didn't know that.  It will be easy to do once the solution referred
>>>to in this morning's post is in place.  See the P.P.S in that post.
>>
>> Maybe some confusion: requiring the <return> is a big problem,
>> requires learning the 3rd set of bindings.
>
> Kent, I do understand.  Really.
>
> In the real vim, nothing happens if you type :r.  You must either type
> :r<return> or :r <filename><return>
>
> The "solution" I am working on is to allow exactly this operation.  At
> present, you must indeed type::
>
>     :r<return><return>
>
> or::
>
>     :r<return><filename><return>
>
> but that initial extra <return> is to go away asap.
>
>> status report:
>>
>> - 'V' should provide line mode visual, it inserts a 'V' at cursor
>> - 'v' starts visual character mode, 'y' should end visual mode and yank, 'y'
>>      is ignored until another 'v'
>> - aliasing <return> to 'i' is confusing, in vim it advances cursor to next 
>> line
>> - 'x' is backspace in Leo, delete in vim
>>
>> - '/' and '?' look good, with 'n' going to next find
>
> Thanks.  I'll look into these.
>
>> wish list:
>>
>> - :s /text/replace with this/<scope flag>
>
> All substitutions require the "solution" we are talking about.  It
> will happen asap.
>
> Once that is in place, a  vim-mode parser can deal with the entire
> command line at once.  This is inherently a simpler problem than
> dealing with characters one at a time, but it will require new code.
>
> In short, I am aware of the parsing problems and I appreciate the
> status/bug report.  I expect to have everything finished in about a
> week.
>
> Edward
>
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