Paul Seamons wrote:
>> blah blah IFcondition<ESC><DOWN>a<TAB>write true handler (6 non-code
> keystrokes assuming you are in already in insert mode and want to stay there
> after)
Actually, 8 keystrokes because it would be <SHIFT>i<SHIFT>f.
> Hi Alan.
Hi. Howzit goin'? :>
> In many other editors, you would type the following (which costs 3 more key
> strokes (actually, many editors wouldn't need the <TAB> so it would only be 2
> more):
>
> blah blah if<SPC>(condition)<SPC>{<CR><TAB>write true handler<CR>} (9
> non-code
> keystrokes - 8 if the editor supports autoindentation)
That would be
if<SPC><SHIFT>9condition<SHIFT>0<SPC><SHIFT>[<CR>write true
handler<CR><SHIFT>]
(I have smartindent turned on, so the tab isn't necessary this way and
we'll ignore the whitespace I usually put into the condition ()'s).
This gives us 12 key presses (4 of which are shift key combos).
> a) it isn't all that hard to type
True.
> b) it doesn't need the macro
True ... sort of.
> c) it puts you right after the } in case you want to start right into a
> following else or elsif (else if for most)
True.
> to get there with that macro you'd have to type the following:
>
> blah blah IFcondition<ESC><DOWN>a<TAB>write true handler<ESC><DOWN>a (8
> non-code keystrokes)
It just occurred to me that if I got rid of the blank line between the
curly brackets in the macro, I could do this:
blah blah IFcondition<ESC>owrite true handler<ESC><DOWN>
which would be 6 keystrokes (including <SHIFT>I<SHIFT>F) which would cut
the keystrokes by half.
That's just the if construct, the for and while constructs would have a
few characters more.
In any case I'm just trying to be lazy and make VIm do as much as possible.
> Some things make coding easier, some are fun, some are wow. It is up to the
> developer to decide which categories each new thing falls into.
I don't know yet if this will make it easier for me ... I'm planning on
finding out as I go.
> I'm not meaning to be rain on somebody's parade, just a glance from a few
> steps back.
:] Didn't take it that way. Thanks for the insights.
Alan
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